Objects at Hand | Opening Reception

Exhibition Statement

Ideas and materials meet in the world of objects. Today’s artists and designers challenge habitual thinking about objects and our relationships to them by means of fearless dedication to play, process, and a willingness to let the audience into the conversation. 

The result is an array of work that is less concerned with disciplinary boundaries and more invested in possibility. What are the conceptual potentials of craft? How do we identify with making? How do we engage our audiences? The resulting work is dynamic, generative, and generous. A playful and nuanced mediation of materials and ideas, the work shown here asks us to rethink the nature of the constructed world.

Objects at Hand is curated by Elizabeth English.

Participating artists: Sam Acuff / Hellen Ascoli / Maria Barcelo-Tous / Sasha Baskin / Sophia Belkin / Mark Cameron / Chris Combs / Dave Greber / John Herndon / Elliot Keeley / Anastasia Laurenzi / Andy Lowrie / Jude Pullin / Kim Rice / Kirsten Rook / April Wood