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May Issue 2006
Joie Lassiter Gallery in Charlotte, NC, Offers Exhibit at Bank of America Plaza
The Joie Lassiter Gallery in Charlotte, NC,
has organized the exhibition, High Fiber Transforming
Material, on view in Bank of America Plaza in the heart of
uptown Charlotte through Nov. 4, 2006.
Internationally celebrated artist Sheila Hicks, who was one of
the forerunners of the Fiber Art movement, is included in the
exhibition, with an important piece, Baby Time Again. The
other seven artists are from across the United States, all have
a strong current link to North Carolina, and all create thought
provoking works that invite the viewer to look at material in
a new light. Trizec Properties' commitment to high quality contemporary
art is underscored in this the fifteenth annual exhibition at
Bank of America Plaza.
Hicks' work is represented in museum collections worldwide, in the United States her work may be seen at many museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art New York, Smithsonian Museum of Art and Mint Museum of Art. In Baby Time Again Hicks creates an organic environment using utilitarian clothing and plays with light, layers and negative space.
Jan-Ru Wanuses cultural references to investigate links between her native Taiwan and her life in America, creating sculptures that envelope the viewer. Wan is a professor at East Carolina University.
Mary Tuma's Dancing Girls is an ascendance of tricycles dressed in lace, net and ribbon. This exhilarating and playful piece is suspended above the viewer and explores the transitions and transformations in life's journey. Tuma is a professor at UNC Charlotte.
Pate Conaway creates monumental knitted sculptures, this 35ft scarf was created and the ball and needles utilized in his performance piece at MOCA Chicago. Conaway is currently in residence at the McColl Center for Visual Art.
Mary Babcock and Kerry Phillips work, Isoline, is a weaving of maps, in its creation it breaks down the borders that usually confine and define us, leading boundaries to be reinterpreted. Babcock teaches at Appalachian State University.
North Carolina artists Ila R. Selzer's exquisite plant forms and Erika Diamond's Grape Maps are on view in the elevator lobbies.
For further information check our NC Commercial Gallery listings, call the gallery at 704/373-1464 or at (www.lassitergallery.com).
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