to look at how the psychological properties and socio-‐cultural importance of hair is perceived through the varied lenses of the artists regarding essential ideals about human existence and the broad symbolism suggested by its nature, on and off the body. Matters of hair taken up by the artworks included in HAIR⏐ Material : Subject are intended to illuminate the power of hair through subjects that are meant to interfere with and make more malleable the norms in which we think thereby altering many of our preconceptions about one another and our place together in the world in which we live.
Stephanie Wagner, curator