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March Issue 2010
GREGG Museum
of Art & Design in Raleigh, NC, Features Works by Woodturners,
Carvers and Lia Cook
The GREGG Museum of Art & Design at NC State University in Raleigh, NC, is presenting the exhibits, With Lathe & Chisel: North Carolina Woodturners and Carvers, plus FACES & MAZES: Lia Cook, on view through May 15, 2010.
This exhibition showcases the current state of art in the world of woodturning and features turners from North Carolina. Guest curator and noted wood artist Dale Nish has selected objects from active members of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Association of Woodturners. Local chapters of the AAW are independent organizations of enthusiasts who come together to learn more about the craft and enjoy fellowship with other turners. In addition to the work of these skilled and innovative artists, the exhibition will include wood from the permanent collection of the Gregg.
In Lia Cook's most recent series of weavings, she uses an electronic Jacquard hand loom to weave faces that dissolve into continuously changing maze-like patterns. Drawing on familiar childhood sources, Cook uses a detail, often re-photographed, layered and re-woven in oversize scale, to intensify an emotional and/or sensual encounter. This traveling exhibition is curated by Wendy Weiss and organized by the Robert Hillestad Textiles Gallery, University of Nebraska.
For further information
check our NC Institutional Gallery listings, call the Museum at
919/515-3503 or visit (www.ncsu.edu/gregg).
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