All are invited to the opening of Lace, not Lace: Contemporary Fiber Art from Lacemaking Techniques at the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ. Yes, this exhibit that I have been working on for years is due to open Sept. 23, 2018. The reception with wine and snacks is 3-5. I will speak at 4. At 5 pm we will go out to the Toshiko Takaezu Terrace where two of the large lace Urchins will be on display. Choi + Shine will speak about the Urchins at 5. There will be food trucks and music on the terrace and it will be a pleasant time to relax until 6:50 when the sun goes down and the first lighting of the Urchins occurs. Details can be found here: https://hunterdonartmuseum.org/future-exhibitions/
There will be 41 works of art by 28 artists representing 11 nationalities. Forty of the works will be in either bobbin lace or needle lace. I am thrilled that we have artists who were among the pioneers of contemporary lace in the later part of the twentieth century as well as new practitioners. Lieve Jerger’s Carriage of Lost Love, a life size wire bobbin lace carriage, will be assembled in the River Gallery, a rare opportunity to see this “work in progress” which has been in progress since 1977. The following works will be at the show, which runs from Sept. 23 to Jan. 6. Manca Ahlin: Corona, a large lace doily with fiber optic cable representing the sun and the potential of solar energy. Also, Mani Lace Wall, a work based on her travels in Tibet. This has never been exhibited before. Jane Atkinson: Seableed, a new work in bobbin lace, never before exhibited raising questions related to climate change. Daniela Banatova: Danae, an abstract work in bobbin lace, suggesting a matrix of cells. Dagmar Beckel-Machyckova: Habitats of Hypocrisy, a new work in Czech modern lace style addressing issues of food production. J Carpenter: Citrinitis, a house shaped work in bobbin lace addressing concepts of security and sanctuary provided (or not provided) by domestic institutions. Choi + Shine: The Urchins, large crocheted sea urchins in reticella style, originally shone at the 2017 Marina Bay Ilight Festival held in Singapore. They glow, and they move with the wind. You can stand in them. The Urchins will only be on display September 23 until October 7. Jill Nordfors Clark: Sepia Bowl, worked in needle lace with dyed hog casing, a process based on Native American practice. When the hog casing dries the piece becomes rigid. Milca Eremiasova: Small Theatre, Church of San Salvador, Gothic Window, Fountain, these are lace sketches from the collection of Milca’s student Dagmar Beckel-Machyckova. It is a treat to have four pieces from one of the greatest Czech lace artists of the late 20th century. Pierre Fouche: Judgment of Paris II, part of his triptych in which he combines bobbin lace with macramé to make figural pieces often drawn from newspaper and internet photography. Laura Friesel: Winter, a “lace painting” in bobbin lace based on a classical Japanese poem by Minamoto no Sanetomo. Alex Goldberg: Invisible Place, bobbin lace made in Monofilament “invisible thread” from 19th century patterns. The invisible lace is visible only in shadow on the wall. Maggie Hensel-Brown: Staring into the Void, Not Hungry, Just Bored, Coping Mechanism II: Get Stoned and Watch Boats, Dancing the Dance of the Special Boy for Sixty Seconds or Less. The artist uses punto in aria technique associated with heroic laces of the 17th century to depict unexceptional moments. Agnes Herczeg: II-34, inspired by prehistoric art, the artist combines needle lace and plaiting in this image of a woman which is built into the crook of a twig. Ros Hills: Purse 2 and I am woman, two pieces exploding in color and texture in needle lace by the artist whose work “Purse” was bought by the V & A for its collection. Veronika Irvine: Triaxial Arrowheads, Bee Prepared, Delle Caustiche, three works by mathematician Veronika Irvine whose computer-generated grounds are one of the most interesting new innovations in bobbin lace. Nava Lubelski: [a cast of my left hand in the shape of a] glove, in which the artist has worked around her left hand using her right hand to stitch with and including found objects to create an impressionistic glove. Dorie Millerson: Airplane, Taxicab, Catboat. These three tiny sculptures in needle lace engage in shadow play when installed in a corner. The artist created “Catboat” especially for this exhibit because it is a boat that is significant to New Jersey in its history as a working boat, and as a recreational boat. Penny Nickels: Just Girly Things and The Jersey Devil. Just Girly Things, in its debut appearance, adopts a gros point style to explore the artist’s feelings about a particular internet meme. The Jersey Devil also makes its debut appearance, appropriately, in the state that it haunts. The New Jersey folklore demon, the Jersey Devil, is depicted in needle lace taking over 1500 hours to make. The result is a very complete tableau of this unjustifiably little known Garden State legend. Wako Ono: Joy, a bobbin lace piece that is part of a series of Harlequins made by Wako Ono and exhibited in her one person show in Tokyo. E.J.Parkes: Anterior Aspect, a needle lace arm resembling anatomical illustrations with three-dimensional effects. Lenka Suchanek: Genoese Scallop Necklace (loaned by Nancy Pye) a renaissance inspired necklace in silver wire. Also, Are we Made of Lace, Lenka’s entry in the LoveLace competition in Australia which earned her finalist status. Lauran Sundin: Typhoon, Lauran’s entry in the LoveLace competition in which she was a finalist. This piece incorporates her double weaving technique and Tahitian pearls in an exuberant sculptural piece of jewelry. Olivia Valentine: The entering takes away, a large-scale minimalist work in torchon based on an Emily Dickinson poem. Nicole Valsesia-Lair: Dendrovortex, in which the artist’s signature figures made from tallies are drawn into the center of a spiral resembling the cross-section of a tree. Denise Watts: Dried Hydrangea, a bobbin lace extravaganza in color play and texture. Louise West: Plant Stems, the large-scale plant stems that Louise made for her Master’s Degree in Art and Design. Ashley Williams: Blue Plastic Doily, a large doily made from recycled plastic bags from the laundromat, previously exhibited at Recycle II, a national juried show of art crafted from cast-off, discarded and re-purposed materials. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
