Tag: Contemporary Art

Exhibition: Sagarika Sundaram – Alison Jacques Gallery – London

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New York-based Sagarika Sundaram‘s first UK solo exhibition, ‘Release’, will be on view until Saturday, the 13th of December 2025, at the Alison Jacques Gallery in London. Sundaram uses wool fibre and feltmaking techniques to create her large-scale contemporary artworks.

There is an interesting short interview with her in the Guardian – https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/oct/14/sagarika-sundaram-solo-show-london

And a longer interview with her in Studio International – https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/sagarika-sundaram-interview-end-result-very-much-a-surprise-to-me-alison-jacques-gallery-london

Where: Alison Jacques Gallery, 22 Cork Street, London W1S 3NG, United Kingdom

For more information about the show, visit the gallery website – https://alisonjacques.com/exhibitions/sagarika-sundaram-release

The gallery’s Instagram: @alisonjacquesgallery

The artist’s Instagram: @ohsagarika and website – https://www.sagarikasundaram.com/

Sundaram climbing up onto her enormous work table and walking upon her in-process piece is inspiring to see – https://www.instagram.com/p/DDFZEe1MX3c/

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Exhibition: Stephanie Robison Sculptures – Marrow Gallery – San Francisco USA

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Poster for art exhibition - Stephanie Robison - featuring a pale orange and white sculpture.

Artist Stephanie Robison combines stone carving with needle felting to create playful sculptures in which wool appears hard and stone appears soft. She is currently having a solo exhibition at the Marrow Gallery in San Francisco, USA. Titled “Incantations for the Average Person”, her work has been described as “What Happens When Stone and Wool Have a Party?” by We and the Color online magazine.

The exhibition runs until the 29th of March.

For more information on seeing the show, visit the gallery’s website – https://www.marrowgallery.com/

There is an interview with the artist on the ‘Art is Awesome’ podcast – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/stephanie-robison-sculptor/id1688820758?i=1000698729397

To see more of Robison’s works, visit her website – https://www.stephanierobison.com/

Instagram – @squishystone


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Open Call: Don’t Be Absurd – Art Exhibition in USA – The CAMP Gallery

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The Contemporary Art Modern Project Gallery (CAMP Gallery) invites fibre artists to submit proposals for the 7th edition of their annual exhibition, ‘Women Pulling at The Threads of Social Discourse: Don’t be Absurd’.

“The exhibition will explore absurdism, referencing Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, Jose Saramago and/or Samuel Beckett. Artists will apply the ideas and concepts in these works to our modern world, through which industry and politics are still and often dehumanised. Sub-topics include but are not limited to childhood in industrial societies, sexuality, gender, women’s rights, and education. We asked artists to create circular fibre works to symbolize the continuation of hope in our present experience as we strive to overcome a certain sense of nothingness.” – the gallery’s website.

They ask that artists submit a proposal first, detailing how their piece complements the chosen text, with an accompanying sketch and/or render. Please do not make any pieces before notice of acceptance.

The exhibition is in North Miami, Florida (USA) and runs from the 10th of October – the 20th of December 2025.

Last day to submit proposals for large-scale work – March 15, 2025
Last day to submit proposals – April 15, 2025

For more information, visit the gallery’s website – https://thecampgallery.com/news/38-open-call-don-t-be-absurd-the-contemporary-art-modern-project-is-officially-accepting/

@threadsofsocialdiscourse @thecampgallery

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Exhibition: Helena Mc Guinness – The Journey – Solo Show – Ballyfermot Library – Dublin

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Feltmakers Ireland guild member Helena Mc Guinness is presenting a solo exhibition of her multidisciplinary work at the Ballyfermot Library Gallery in Dublin. The exhibition, titled ‘The Journey,’ reflects her creative path, which began at the age of nine when she sold her first three knitted garments. Over the years, Mc Guinness has explored a variety of artistic media, now coming full circle as she returns to working with wool.

When: The exhibition runs from the 4th to the 28th of February, with the official opening on Saturday, the 8th, from 2 to 4 PM. Feltmakers are warmly invited to attend!

Where: Ballyfermot Library, Art Space 1 – Ballyfermot Rd, Kylemore, Dublin, D10 WV02.

For more information on the venue’s hours, visit the website – https://www.dublincity.ie/residential/libraries/find-library/leabharlann-bhaile-formaid

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Of Interest: Niki Collier – Legend of Oengus and Caer – Installation and Video for OPW Newgrange Winter Solstice

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Dr Niki Collier, a visual artist and long lover of creating with wool, was commissioned by The Office of Public Works (OPW) to produce an installation and video about the legend of Oengus and Caer for the Winter Solstice at Newgrange. The work is part of the ongoing explorations of Symbols of Mobility and the performers wore unique nuno felted wings that Dr. Collier developed, informed by the legend of Oengus and Caer.

The Legend of Oengus and Caer

“The great love story of Oengus Óg and Caer is associated with Newgrange, known as The Dream of Oengus.

Oengus begins to dream of a woman he has never met, and his sleeping moments are spent yearning for Caer, who takes the form of a swan. He goes in search of her for a year and, upon finding her, decides to become a swan in order to be with her. The lovers fly off together towards Brú na Bóinne, the home of Oengus Óg ancestral”.

https://youtu.be/2XGM_igIMIk

Contributors

  • Producer & Director: Dr Niki Collier
  • Video & Editing: Vilmar: Alastair Roe, Kris Wieclawcki, Ian Smolorz
  • Dancers: Mia DiChiaro and Yves Lorrhan
  • Special thanks to Mary Heffernan, Head of National Monuments Ireland, OPW.

The Video

The Legend of Oengus and Caer – Installation and Video for OPW Newgrange Winter Solstice

To learn more about this art, visit Dr Collier’s website – https://www.nikicollier.com/the-legend-of-oengus-and-caer/

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Event: This Friday, Artists Talk – Olivier Cornet Gallery -Dublin Gallery Weekend

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Feltmakers Ireland guild member Annika Berglund is one of the participants at an artists’ talk that is part of the Dublin Gallery Weekend. The talk, ‘Craft in Contemporary Art Practices’, will take place at 6:30 PM on Friday, 8 November, with the Olivier Cornet Gallery artists, who will be in conversation with the art historian Jean Ryan.

The Artists

Where: Olivier Cornet Gallery, 3 Great Denmark Street, D01 NV63, Ireland

Jean Ryan will present on the ‘materiality, function, and crafts’ relationship with the body’, and the panel will discuss materiality in their practice.

This talk is part of Dublin Gallery Weekend 2024, presented by the Contemporary Art Gallery Association.

Attendees will be able to see Yanny Petters’s current show ‘Fieldwork with Mainie and Albrecht’, which ends on the 10th of November 2024.

For more information on this and other events scheduled during Dublin Gallery Weekend , visit the Contemporary Art Gallery Association‘s website – https://caga.ie/dublingalleryweekend/


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Exhibition: Marjolein Dallinga – Group Textile Art Show – NYC

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L’space Gallery, located in New York City, has a group exhibition, ‘Fibration: poking back‘, which shows the art of sixteen artists with fresh and compelling approaches to fibre and textile art. Artist and feltmaker Marjolein Dallinga has work in the show.

Here is a list of all of the artists with artwork in the exhibition: Holly Ballard Martz | Mona Bozorgi | Martin Casuso | Marjolein Dallinga | Marina Font | Lauren Gregory | Marik Lechner | Tasha Lewis | Kayla Mattes | Nico Mazza | Rosemary Meza-DesPlas | Elisa Ortega Montilla | Jennifer Pettus | Katarina Riesing | Erin M. Riley | Alicia Ross

The show runs until the 26th of October.

To learn more about the show and see photographs, visit the gallery’s website – https://www.lspacegallery.com/fibration-poking-back-2024.html

There is a video from the show on the gallery’s Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/p/DABnZBZPoht/

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