Wed 12/28 @ 5:30-7:30PM
Jessica Pinsky is known in the arts community as the founder/executive director of Praxis Fiber Workshop, a space for creating, teaching and displaying textile-based art. She’s also an artist herself, who learned weaving and dying after first training as a painter.
She’s represented by HEDGE Gallery, which will host her next show, titled I Can’t Remember Anything. Her artist statement tells use she’s drawn to natural fiber “because of its connection to skin and tissue, and its relationship to human experience and memory,” and that her latest body of work evolved from her experience as a new mother of twins during the pandemic.
She based the work on images taken with her cell phone of her living room carpet and scans of her children’s crayon drawings, which she exaggerated by pulling and altering the yarns to create multi-dimensional textures. She says, “I’m continually interested in creating woven structures that challenge the geometry of the grid while allowing me to reflect on the complexities of life.”
The show closes on Friday December 30, but before it does, Pinsky will be giving an artist talk and hosting a discussion of her work at the gallery on Wednesday December 28. See the show, meet the artist and ask her about the works, her processes and her inspirations. It’s free and open to all.
hedgeartgallery.com/exhibitions