PATRICIA SWEETOW GALLERY is pleased to present the loom-paintings of Jen P. Harris in their first exhibition with the gallery.
Jen P. Harris repositions the relationship between painting and weaving in their one-person exhibition, Tomboy. Harris’ paintings pose an intersection of ambiguity, where neither painting nor weaving resolves without the slippage between both. Suspending expectations, they obscure their paintings by animating the surface as a loom, stretching a warp of yarn from the top profile of the painting to the bottom of the stretcher, whereupon they needle weave the weft in response to the newly camouflaged composition. Harris’ unique approach electrifies the dance between media, each transgressing the space and story held by the other. Their paintings become a queer metaphor where concrete morphs and dissolves into a river of nonlinear multiplicity.
Artist Conversation:
Saturday, January 10, 2pm
Artists Jen P. Harris & Kim Manfredi will be in conversation with Patricia Sweetow
Please RSVP for seating!
Opening Reception:
Saturday, January 10, 3–5:30pm
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday
11am – 6pm