Seager Gray Gallery is pleased to present Renée Bott & Deloss Webber: In Harmony. In earlier installations which featured both artists, we were struck by an uncanny relationship between these two diverse bodies of works. In Bott’s, the horizontal redacting of some of the book text along with the overlay of the image creates a textile, almost tapestry-like sensation even though no actual thread or fabric is involved. When installed near Webber’s sculpture, where weaving in fiber is actually present, there is a resonant harmonic sensation that we were excited to explore in this 2- person exhibition.
Book pages provide the underlying armature for the works of Renée Bott. Her work is based on the minute and detailed lines found in etchings and engravings from the 17th century. She collects her source materials from museums, antique print dealers, and private collections. She photographs the prints and uses photoshop to digitally modify the images, which serve as general outlines for her compositions which she
