The Weight of Wonder: Materiality and the Poetics of Craft
June 11 – August 31, 2024
John & Robyn Horn Gallery at the Penland School of Craft
An exhibition exploring craft as a verb while equally rooted in the intangible outcomes. A dichotomy lies in what the perception of craft (noun) was, is, and could be – and how that has been redirected by artists for craft to also hold equal value as a tool for expressing larger concepts and ideas.
The work is not decorative. Neither is the work is overtly narrative, in that there is no specific story being told to the viewer. The Weight of Wonder is about the duality and complexities of communicating ideas through objects. Often, a good outcome of an exhibition is to raise questions that linger afterward.
Jamaal Barber, Vivian Chiu, Hoss Haley, Sarah Holden, SR Lejeune, Rachel Meginnes, Jaydan Moore, Paloma Soto, Sarita Westrup, and Kensuke Yamada
Image: Artworks from the Exhibition
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