Shag Art Show

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SHAG PROV O C AT I V E T EX T I L ES

PRESENTED BY

SHAG PRO V OC AT I V E T EX T I L ES ELIJAH BURGHER JESSICA CAMPBELL ELISE DRAKE ADAMA DELPHINE FAWUNDU ALICIA HENRY SHANNON CARTIER LUCY SOPHIA NARRETT KATARINA RIESING ERIN M. RILEY SAL SAL ANDRA LINNÉA SJÖBERG CHIFFON THOMAS VADIS TURNER CURATED BY L AURA HUTSON HUNTER OCTOBER 22-NOVEMBER 29, 2020 509 THIRD AVE. S., NASHVILLE SHAGARTSHOW.COM

The Nashville Scene is proud to present Shag, an exhibition of textilebased art curated by arts editor Laura Hutson Hunter. Shag is the second installment in the Scene’s Adult Contemporary series, which aims to bring provocative ideas into public discourse through visual art.

Shag brings together artists whose work examines eroticism and sexuality through textile-based media. Historically, textiles have often been marginalized in the world of fine art, which has considered them either craft, women’s work, or both. As a result, textile-based art has effectively dodged the academic lens that’s dominated art theory since the rise of modernism, allowing it to evolve more organically, with limited visibility and criticism. The result is a kind of subculture within the contemporary art world. In that subculture, broadly speaking, textile’s ephemeral nature and association with craft traditions gives it an easily irreverent quality — a sweater that’s knit from pornographic images, for example, can seem much more deviant than an actual photograph, just based on its associations.

For the same reason, textiles are an unusually effective medium for subverting sexual norms. The Shag artists use familiar, underappreciated materials — yarn, thread, canvas drop cloths — to create images that express sexuality and desire on their own terms. The artists call the shots — if an orgy in a Catholic rectory turns them on, there’s an artwork that needs to exist.

The art in Shag ranges from strongly provocative to subtly suggestive, and includes a variety of mediums — from knit objects and woven tapestries to photographs, mixed-media sculpture and embroidery.

Elijah Burgher b. 1978, Kingston, NY Lives and works in Berlin, DE Elijah Burgher was featured in the 2014 Whitney Biennial, the 2014 Gwangju Biennial (as part of AA Bronson’s “House of Shame”), and The Temptation of AA Bronson at the Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam. His work has been discussed in The New York Times, Art in America, Frieze, ArtReview and Artforum.com. He received a MFA from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY. Elijah Burgher is represented by Western Exhibitions in Chicago, Horton Gallery in Dallas, and P.P.O.W in New York City.

Temples Underfoot 2016 Acrylic and oil on drop cloth with candle wax 108 x 80 inches $12,000

Attis 2018 Acrylic and colored pencil on canvas 108 x 72 inches $15,000

Jessica Campbell b. 1985 Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada Lives and works in Wisconsin and Chicago, Ill. Jessica Campbell works in comics, fibres, painting, drawing and performance. She has had solo and two-person exhibitions in Chicago at Roots & Culture and Sub-Mission and at La Galerie Laroche/Joncas in Montreal. Her work has been included in group shows throughout the Midwest and Quebec, including Monique Meloche in Chicago. She teaches at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.

Porn Cabbie 2018 Acrylic rug and oil on panel 30 x 40 inches $4,000

The Crack-Up 2018 Acrylic rug on panel 24 x 36 inches $3,000

Elise Drake b. 1993, St. Louis, Mo. Lives and works in Nashville Elise Drake has had solo shows and group shows throughout the United States, as well as in London, Berlin, and Amsterdam. She completed a Certificate in Digital Fabrication from The Cooper Union in 2017 and graduated with her BFA in Sculpture with a concentration in Sustainability and Social Change from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2015. She also is the co-founder of JAWBRKR, a set design and fabrication business based in Nashville.

Ladies 2020 Multimedia installation Dimensions variable $4,200 each

Porn Is Violent 2020 Multimedia sculpture $2,800

Steve 2020 Synthetic fiber $1,500

Adama Delphine Fawundu b. 1971, Brooklyn, NY Lives and works in Brooklyn Adama Delphine Fawundu is an American multi-disciplinary photographer and visual artist promoting African culture and heritage, a co-founder and author of MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora. Her works have been presented in numerous exhibitions worldwide, with two solo shows in 2019 at the African American Museum in Philadelphia and Crush Curatorial gallery in Chelsea, NYC. Her works have been reviewed in publications and media outlets such as Time Magazine, The New York Times, Surface Magazine, Leica Fotografie International, Vogue Online, The Washington Post, Dazed Digital, Arise TV, and the BBC World.

Body Vernacular #3 2017 Archival pigment on paper Edition of 5 plus 1 artist’s proof 24 x 30 inches $1,800

Body Vernacular #5 2017 Archival pigment on paper Edition of 5 plus 1 artist’s proof 24 x 30 inches $1,800

Body Vernacular #6 2017 Archival pigment on paper Edition of 5 plus 1 artist’s proof 24 x 30 inches $1,800

Alicia Henry b. 1966, Illinois Lives and works in Nashville Alicia Henry has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions at institutions, including the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, TN; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia; the Whitney Museum of American Art; and the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. She has received numerous awards such as the Joan Mitchell Foundation award, the Ford Foundation Fellowship, the Guggenheim Fellowship and, most recently, the 1858 Prize for Contemporary Southern Art. Henry received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her MFA at Yale University at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Henry is currently a professor of art at Fisk University in Nashville, one of the oldest black universities in the United States.

Untitled 2015-2020 Acrylic, wool, leather, dye, burlap, thread and yarn Dimensions variable NFS

Shannon Cartier Lucy b. 1977, Nashville, Tenn.

Lives and works in Nashville Shannon Cartier Lucy studied at New York University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree. She also received a Master of Science degree from the University of Tennessee. She has exhibited at Lubov, New York, NY; Deboer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Kathleen Cullen Gallery, New York, NY; Team Gallery, New York, NY; Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; and Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY. My Cell 2016 Hand-knit wool Size small NFS

Sophia Narrett b. 1987, Concord, Mass.

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY Mean 2016 Embroidery thread, fabric and acrylic 12 x 17 inches NFS

Katarina Riesing b. 1982, Knoxville, Tenn.

Lives and works in West New York Katarina Riesing lives and works in Alfred, NY, where she also teaches at Alfred University. She received a BA from Smith College, Northampton, MA, and an MA and an MFA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Solo exhibitions include Seligmann Center for the Arts, Chester, NY, SoHo20 Gallery, NY, and group exhibitions include Kristin Lorello Gallery, NY, New Discretions, NY, Field Projects, NY, Spring/Break NY, and Bertrand Productions, Philadelphia, PA. Riesing is represented by Asya Geisberg Gallery in New York.

Hug 2019 Dye and embroidery on raw silk 18 x 23 inches $4,000 Red Lace 2018 Dye and embroidery on raw silk 32.5 x 24.75 inches $6,000

White Tights 2020 Dye and embroidery on raw silk 16 x 17 inches $5,000

Yellow Stripes 2020 Dye and embroidery on raw silk 20.5 x 17.25 inches $6,000

Erin M. Riley b. 1985, Cape Cod, Mass.

Lives and works in Brooklyn Erin M. Riley is a tapestry weaver living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Riley received her BFA in 2007 from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, MA and her MFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, in 2009.

Self Portrait 3 2015 wool and cotton tapestry 48 x 72 inches $18,000

Reflections 6 2019 wool and cotton tapestry 48 x 62 inches $16,000

Sal Salandra b. 1945, Hackensack, NJ Lives and works in East Hampton, NY Sal Salandra is a retired hairstylist living in East Hampton, NY. His work was exhibited at the Outsider Art Fair in New York in 2020.

Say Your Prayers 2020 Embroidery on canvas 24 x 24 inches $9,500

Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy 2020 Embroidery on canvas 20 x 27 inches $9,500

LinnĂŠa SjĂśberg b.1983, Sweden Lives and works in Berlin

They are watching your back 2019 Used garments, plastic, wool, applique 62 x 36 x 4 inches $6,500

Tracing of sand grains 2019 Used garments, cotton, plastic 50 x 33 x 4 inches $6,000

Chiffon Thomas b. 1991, Chicago, Ill. Lives and works in Chicago Chiffon Thomas is an interdisciplinary artist working often in hand embroidery and found materials Thomas completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Art Education from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 2014.

Thomas began their career as an educator, teaching in Chicago Public School from the years 2014-2017.

Thomas completed an MFA from Yale University, and graduated in the spring of 2020.

Precarity of a Person 2020 Fabric, chalk pastel, embroidery floss, thread 28.5 x 12 inches NFS

Vadis Turner b. 1977, Nashville, Tenn.

Lives and works in Nashville Vadis Turner received a BFA and MFA from Boston University. She was awarded the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant in 2016. Her first solo museum exhibition, Tempest, was at the Frist Art Museum in 2017. Selected group exhibitions include the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME; Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA; Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY; Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN and Cheekwood. Vadis Turner is represented by Geary in New York and Zeitgeist Gallery in Nashville, TN. Inverted Bouquet Heirloom 2017 Hand-sewn quilt, ribbon, acrylic paint, resin, mixed media 29 x 19 x 19 inches $6,000

Leather Grid, Fixed and Loose 2020 Leather, thread, breast milk and resin 43 x 28 x 2 inches $6,000