Abraham Cone

I’ll be in conversation with John Neff on Wednesday, May 29th | discussing 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘵 at the Chicago Artist Coalition. 6-8pm 2130 W Fulton St

POSIWID opens THIS SATURDAY 1/11❗️⏳ Join us for the opening reception, 6-9pm at 4222 W Fullerton. Abraham Cone “This is the Exit Hole Chewed by the Larvae of the Oak Weevil” Tiled paper, hide glue, pen, sumi ink, graphite, oil paint 22 x 15 inches And join our MAILING LIST📩 📩📩 (link in bio)

𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘑𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘻𝘦𝘭 108” X 84” Pencil, graphite, walnut ink, clay, hide glue, walnut oil, oil paint, wood shavings, debris on unstretched, unprimed canvas 2022 📷 @evanpjenkins

Thursday Nov 20, 6-8PM 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 , curated by @charlottegrussing opens at @theholenyc 312 Bowery! We're over the moon to be included in this amazing roster of artists working with fibers today, presented within the context of Anni Alber's and her influence on textile, weaving, and fiber arts. In an exhibition highlighting practices unbound by the traditional artistic heirarchies or conventions, we are deeply honored to have our collaboration with @abraham_cone , 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭, make its debut to the public here. Nov 20 - Jan 10, 2026 This collaboration took over 1 year to complete, and was an immense exercise in trust and collaboration. While weaving is one of the few mediums you can specify down to the thread, it remains incredibly unpredictable. Through meticulous dye-painting of unwoven silk warps, later installed onto a 60 inch wide TC2 loom, these two superimposed paintings were woven through each other, using Cone's visual language as the basis for a double-sided, double-weave silk screen. Working with an artist whose practice hadn't yet included loom weaving, LMRM co-directors @hopeless_hope and @muratoa sought to explore crossdisciplinary inquiries that deepen appreciation for handweaving as a vital contemporary art form. Artwork documentation by @eatpomegranate

LMRM x ABRAHAM CONE 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 H52 x W59 x D12 inches Dye-painted silk, maple wood frame 2025 Making its first debut in Norway, we were thrilled to share one of two finished pieces that resulted from our first artist collaboration in 2024. Partnering with artist Abraham Cone, LMRM co-directors Murat Ahmed and Hope Wang sought to explore new woven experimentations that would expand the possibilities of Cone’s current practice and LMRM’s textile-based medium.  LMRM facilitated the process for Cone to dye-paint two silk warps, later installed simultaneously on the TC2 digital loom, as two superimposed paintings to be woven through each other. As Cone’s first foray into warp painting and dressing a loom, LMRM’s mission was two-fold: to cultivate artist-driven inquiries that traverse disciplines and deepen appreciation for weaving as a vital contemporary art form. Using Cone’s visual language as a foundation, Wang and Ahmed developed woven compositions that culminated in works such as this double-sided, double-weave silk screen—at once image, object, and textural field. Taking inspiration from Chinese privacy screens, this freestanding frame creates much needed stability for the ethereal, unwoven aspects of the piece, performing both as a decorative partition and protection from wind or unwanted energy. Frame designed and produced by fine art woodworker @shawnmichaellucas . Loom dressing support from @meaganleggin Artwork documentation by @eatpomegranate 🙏🏻✨🙏🏻

LMRM x ABRAHAM CONE 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 H82 x W60 x D12 inches Dye-painted silk, maple wood frame 2025 Frame designed by fine art woodworker Shawn Michael Lucas In 2024, LMRM piloted its first collaboration with an artist whose practice had not previously included loom weaving. In partnership with Abraham Cone, LMRM co-directors Murat Ahmed and Hope Wang sought to explore new woven experimentations that would expand the possibilities of Cone’s current practice and LMRM’s textile-based medium. Taking hundreds of hours across exactly one year to complete, this collaboration stretched us to our limits. We are deeply grateful for the generosity and humility this project required of everyone involved - in many ways, we found that collaboration of this scale becomes a modality of failure. No one collaborator ever gets exactly what they want at first, and no one collaborator gets to flex the most heroic muscles to dominate the final outcome. Thus, it requires us to examine the gaps between disappointment to find the next path forward. Weaving is one of the few mediums we can execute through an algorithm. Yet remarkably, it is also one of the most unpredictable. You put on a warp end by end, then weave it pick by pick, interlacing fiber based on a fully specified pattern. There are nearly 30 million intersections in this weaving. So while each one was planned, the collaborative constraints throughout this process produced something we could've never imagined. When individual authorship slips, something valuable develops. It is an opportunity to respond to an environment you may have never encountered otherwise. 🌟💠🌟 Artwork documentation by @eatpomegranate !

⠀ Opening tonight!🌬 Thank you to @marissadembkoski and @__ingie__ for including me in 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 @sliphouse__ 🌝🌌 • • • 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘍𝘦𝘥 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦, 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘑𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 2023-24 Oil paint on oil ground on unstretched canvas 85“ X 151“

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Closing day 🌅 Thank you Jack & Molly @saw___horse 🫂🤍

Opening 6-9 tn @saw___horse 🤍 *** 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 Traditional water gilding gesso, etching ink, wax inlay, graphite, debris on baltic birch plywood adhered to cedar lattice 30” X 22“ 📸🙏🏻@tristan_martinezz

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