This has been a very hectic week. So this post is certainly not the most compelling one I’ve written. My apologies. I’ll try to do better next week.

Matt Grosser curated a show at NJIT in Newark, called The new Domestics. In it, six west coast textile artists and six east coast artists (including me) showed work reflecting domestic history. I was not able to make the opening, but was there for the artist panel at the closing.

The large embroidered sculptural piece (above) and the small figure (above right) are by Lisa Sanders. A slight breeze kept moving the figure’s leg, so it looked like she was kicking. More of Lisa’s art below:

Juxtaposed with Lisa’s work is a wall of inner tire sculptures by Victoria May (below):

detail (below):

Victoria also created this social commentary (below). I like all the empty straps, the missing equipment,the emptiness….

Perhaps you’ve seen old embroideries showing women’s work for each day of the week. In the 1950’s they were very common. Susan Abbott Martin plays with those tired icons in her piece (below):

Here’s a closer look at some of them:

Wonju Seo made a traditional Korean bojagi (below left) and a monumental 2 story version of bojagi (below right):

The Temple Sisters created a series of textile collages that appear to be very proper….

..until you read the title and look closely:

Many tiles from my This too Shall Pass series were also included:

With apologies to some artists that I left out, that’s all for today. Back to the Opus and the figures surrounding it next week.