Locks In Translation Exhibition
A.I.R. Gallery
This event has ended.
A.I.R. Gallery announces Locks in Translation, a group exhibition curated by artist and A.I.R. Gallery member JoAnne McFarland. This is the inaugural “Open A.I.R.” exhibition. Open A.I.R. is a curatorial program developed to support A.I.R. Gallery’s mission of increasing visibility for women artists and art professionals and advancing their status in the arts.
Through Locks in Translation a diverse group of artists explores the complex issue of hair. Curator JoAnne McFarland has chosen works that highlight the admiration and envy that flows between women resulting in a tangled intimacy at once deep and sustained. Each of the artists selected for the exhibition is a master at her craft, so much so that her style has become a physical attribute, like skin color or hair texture.
In Locks in Translation these artists look deeply at each other, sometimes obliquely, sometimes directly, across disparate cultures, classes, ages, and dispositions. At the heart of their subversive exchange pulses the desire to unlock creative potential. Each explores hair as talisman, tease, and thorn with verve and vigor. The result is a provocative mix of observations. A sixteen-page special edition catalogue/brochure for the exhibition is available through A.I.R. Gallery.
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Schedule
from October 07, 2009 to November 01, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-10-08 from 18:00 to 20:00