Milkweed
/room/, San Francisco CA
juried by Aaron Harbour and Jackie Im
May 13 – August 19, 2023
In Conversation: Vanesa Gingold and Jenni Sorkin
"Milkweed is an exhibition of hanging sculptures by Vanesa Gingold, a body of work created at home in small intervals of time …Gingold builds her sculptures through gentle restraints: the structure of a braid, the creak of a bent branch, the mucous bind of abaca fibers slowly draining water through the paper mold. Lines are determined in part by the tactile strength of the materials—listening to them through a kind of thinking that privileges tactility and responsiveness. Through the sculptures featured in Milkweed, Gingold considers permeability and malleability, transformation, and symbiotic relationships, such as those between the milkweed flower and monarch butterfly and those inherent to breastfeeding. The resulting shapes hang delicately, moving in response to wind and breath.” - /slash/
exhibition documentation courtesy of /slash/
