Fiber Plus 2011 Exhibit Photos

Fiber Plus Exhibition:
A National Juried Exhibition of 21st Century Fiber with Mixed Media

March 20-May 18, 2011
at Blue Door Gallery in Yonkers, NY

Photos by Arlé Sklar-Weinstein, courtesy of Blue Door Gallery

Photos by Arlé Sklar-Weinstein, courtesy of Blue Door Gallery

Photos by Arlé Sklar-Weinstein, courtesy of Blue Door Gallery

my piece in the show:

Holding It Together

from my Spills and Coverings Series

Spills and Coverings Series Statement:

Coverings are pieced together to control what appears on the surface. But they are made up of tattered pieces, barely joined by a thread suspending the ever-expanding gaps that form within. Controlling this facade is an illusion and the bare emptiness underneath lingers in the shadows. Tension builds to a breaking point and coverings are worn down. Cover stories crumble and walls disintegrate like brittle leaves as reality spills though.

Vulnerability appears in accidental spills. The fragile pieces are unveiled and the hidden, intimate parts unfold like lace as the spill reveals brokenness and the delicate threads lose shape and fall apart. There is freedom in a spill rushing over and flooding in, leaving marks that influence and ruin what once was in the layers beneath the surface. It breaks the normal boundaries, unable to contain what was stirring within.