The reception for “Pattern of a Pattern,”
now on view in the Pocket Gallery @markelfinearts is on Thursday, April 9th from 6PM -8PM! Hope to see you there!
@katiedegroot “The Arboreal Life” is also up at 179 10th Ave
@tess_michalik “Sea Violet” and @afalcetta “Understories” are a few blocks away at 529 W20th St
On View: Jacquelyn Strycker
@thestrycker 's practice explores the relationship between decoration and function, and the possibilities of material transformation through handicraft. She creates ornate collages that move between drawing, printmaking, and textile construction. Strycker’s visual language references functional textiles like quilts, rugs and tapestries; however, their materiality resists function. The constructions she forms range from two-dimensional to sculptural. They are decorative, yet demand the same labor-intensive processes as the functional forms that inspire them, emphasizing the tension between utility and ornament. She finds humor in the “stubbornness of labor-intensive work.” The accumulation of incidental marks – misaligned registrations, vestiges of a fold, haphazard stitches – becomes evidence of the involved process. A multitude of patterns becomes the predominant motif, building repetition across the surface and emphasizing the act of making and re-making. In the artist’s own words, “A pattern of a pattern is not a lesser thing. It is its own record of having been made, and made again.”
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New work. New show. New York. Let’s go. 🎉 **Pattern of a Pattern** opens April 2 at @markelfinearts (179 10th Ave). Collages of prints of textiles made with a risograph duplicator, handmade paper, and a stubborn commitment to doing things the inefficient way. Evidence of process accumulated in every stitch and registration shift. Reception: April 9 · 6–8PM
On view through May 9 Would love to see you at the opening or anytime the show is up. Link in bio for more. ✨
Playing more with folding these patterns and piecing them together to construct a larger piece. Collage of risographs on kitakata and handmade papers. 34” x 23”
I didn’t expect these to be so complicated to construct. Seven to fifteen stencils per piece, building up like light through patterned fabric folded over itself. Risographs on gray Stonehenge paper.
I had an amazing weekend in Tulsa installing “Unreal” at @positivespace_tul Thank you for inviting me @nic.finley and thank you @carolynsickles for the wonderful conversation in which we talked about craft, the importance of play, magic, modernism, outdated tech, and the impact of AI. Thanks to all who came. The show is up through December 20th, so if you are in or around Tulsa, please check it out!
