AndrewShire Gallery
3850 Wilshire Blvd
213.389.2601
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Liz Young, Balmy Birds, Courtesy AndrewShire Gallery
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July 31, 2008 – Sep 6, 2008
Tuesdays–Saturdays (11am–6pm)
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The five artists brought together for this end-of-summer group show have little in common — except perhaps episodes of childhood trauma involving home-ec class. They employ traditional craft materials and methods such as needlepoint, crochet, and embroidery, but the effects are subversive and even chilling. From caustic American-flag add-ons to mock-heroic luchador portraits to text-based irony, the exhibition expresses suspicion about the recent surge of homey craft mediums in fine-art practice; this skepticism is belied by the labor-intensiveness and conceptual depth of the works included.
