"String Theory" Exhibition
Storefront Ten Eyck
This event has ended.
Theresa Hackett's "Thread Drawings From 1991" are influenced by Lucio Fontana and his use of obsessively punctured wood. Rough and animated, these framed "drawings" are made from pieces of Italian paper stitched together with a sewing machine.
Elana Herzog is best known for installations in which textiles are aggressively stapled to wall surfaces and then deconstructed to produce residual drawings that consist of metal staples, shredded fabric and perforated gypsum.
Brece Honeycutt makes history-based drawings, sculptures and installations. Her installations have been placed in exterior locations including university campuses, historical houses, non-profit spaces, inner-city parks and in office buildings, museums and galleries. She collaborates and works with the National Park Service, students, historians, gardeners, non-profit organizations, poets, dancers, interpreters, government departments, libraries and senior centers.
Ellie Murphy began making large yarn sculptures after having a child and moving into a house. The work is about the relationship between personal, domestic and cultural nostalgia. She combines references to doll hair, crafts, folk motifs and Americana from her 1970's childhood in Kansas with aspects of modern, conceptual, multicultural and feminist art. She sees interdependence between the multiplicities of cultures in our world and uses the process of braiding as a way of playing with the unintended and humorous connections between them.
Drew Shiflett refers to her work as constructed drawings or compressed sculptures. In her recent body of work there is an emphasis on drawing, but the pieces are a combination of drawing, relief and sculpture. Her work is abstract while referencing architecture and textiles, and it is the result of a cumulative process of layering and building linear and planar forms. A woven, translucent effect is created through the use of handmade papers, pencil and ink lines, watercolor wash and conte crayon.
Media
Schedule
from August 27, 2010 to September 12, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-08-27 from 18:00 to 21:00
Artist(s)
Theresa Hackett, Elana Herzog, Brece Honeycutt, Ellie Murphy, Drew Shiflett