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Lauren DiCioccio and Aliza Lelah

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Lauren DiCioccio and Aliza Lelah stitch up sublime social commentary. DiCioccio stretches muslin over copies of the New York Times and embroiders the headline images, with partially sewn pics of John McCain and Alberto Gonzales dangling by threads. DiCioccio's organza replicas of plastic shopping bags drift on clotheslines overhead, their cheerily sewn "Thank You"s and "Have a Nice Day"s ghostly reminders of our throwaway culture. Lelah, meanwhile, quilts photo-realistic collages drawn from her family album. Snapshots of parents and siblings emerge from bits of velvet and corduroy pieced together with nervous cross-hatchings — testaments to the ties that bind.

– Jeanne Storck

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