“FABRICation” is now open at the Crossman Gallery in the Greenhill Center of the Arts at the University Wisconsin-Whitewater. The exhibit continues through Oct. 8.
The exhibition is making its way around the country, and coming to the Crossman Gallery by way of the University of New Mexico Art Museum. It will continue on to the University Galleries at the University of Nevada, Reno.
It’s co-curated by Reni Gower, professor in the Painting and Printmaking Department at Virginia Commonwealth University and Kristy Deetz, a professor in the Art Discipline at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
“FABRICation” features seven artists: Deetz, Erin Castellan, Virginia Derryberry, Reni Gower, Rachel Hayes, Susan Iverson and Natalie Smith who incorporate a textile sensibility in their artwork through elements of fabric and fabrication.
“The exhibition was inspired by a rich array of historical textiles from drapery to quilt. As such, the complex, multi-part works contrast our culture’s rampant media consumption with the redemptive nuance of slow work wrought by hand,” Gower said.
“Individual works range from delicate illusions to layered constructions to architectural interventions. Using a variety of materials that range from oil and acrylic paint, yarn, vintage clothing, aluminum screens, wool, silk, plastic, thread, vinyl, burlap, rug-hold, glass, recycled objects, and found fabrics, the artists interweave sensory pleasure with repetitive process to invoke introspection and reflection,” Gower added.
Deetz will be a visiting artist on the UW-Whitewater campus Sept. 28.
The catalog for the exhibit is available online at www.blurb.com/books/5592092-fabrication
Funding for the exhibit was made possible in part by Virginia Commonwealth University, VCUarts, and the Painting and Printmaking Department.
Support at the Crossman Gallery is provided by: Chancellor Beverly Kopper, Provost Susan Elrod, Interim Dean Robert Mertens, the College of Arts and Communication, the Department of Art & Design, the UW-Whitewater Foundation, Inc. and SUFAC.
Crossman Gallery hours are: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Monday through Thursday, 6 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Those planning to stop are asked to call (262) 472-1207 in advance to insure access.
