Nava Lubelski Opening Event

Join us Saturday for Who Are We and Who Have We Been, an opening of works from our May artist in residence, Nava Lubelski, plus a musical performance by TangleDust.

The artist states:

“The project is a large-scale immersive environment constructed of the delicate details associated with traditional folk handcrafts. Using needlework in expressive, chaotic and destructive ways has long been a signature in my work and with this project my approach is to challenge the viewer to find beauty in the breakdown, seeing tangles and snarls as intricate lace, and allowing the seductive and satisfying qualities of embroidery to be used in service of memorializing stains and other random marks. My work is adamantly analog and I see this elevation of folk crafts as being a puzzling over the marginalization of the decorative and the handmade, making space for conceptual work that isn’t simplified or flattened in presentation, and yet, also isn’t tidy and dependent on displays of controlled skill for it’s meaning.”

We look forward to seeing you this weekend!

Saturday, May 31st | 5pm-7pm
821 Haywood Road
+ music at 7PM by TangleDust
(Stephen Barnard and Mike Holstein)

This project was supported, in part, by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.