The New Bend, Hauser & Wirth Somerset, 2023
3 February– 2 April 2022
Press Release
New York... Curated by Legacy Russell, Executive Director & Chief Curator of The Kitchen, ‘The New Bend’ brings together 12 contemporary artists working in the raced, classed, and gendered traditions of quilting and textile practice – Anthony Akinbola, Eddie R. Aparicio, Dawn Williams Boyd, Diedrick Brackens, Tuesday Smillie, Tomashi Jackson, Genesis Jerez, Basil Kincaid, Eric N. Mack, Sojourner Truth Parsons, Qualeasha Wood, and Zadie Xa.
Red, Invisible, Blues. 2022. Acrylic, canvas, wood, rope, polyester, dye. 80 x 60 x 2 in. From the exhibition The New Bend.
Red, Invisible, Blues. Detail. 2022. Acrylic, canvas, wood, rope, polyester, dye. 80 x 60 x 2 in. From the exhibition The New Bend.
Red, Invisible, Blues. Detail. 2022. Acrylic, canvas, wood, rope, polyester, dye. 80 x 60 x 2 in. From the exhibition The New Bend.
Swing in Protective Style. Installation view. 2022. Silk textiles, acrylic mediums, swing, cotton rope and wire. From the exhibition The New Bend.
Swing in Protective Style. Installation view. 2022. Silk textiles, acrylic mediums, swing, cotton rope and wire. From the exhibition The New Bend.
Swing in Protective Style. Detail. 2022. Silk textiles, acrylic mediums, swing, cotton rope and wire. From the exhibition The New Bend.