Words on work

My work is in transition. I have shifted from years of making narrative sculptures out of wood to a new creative impulse of working with paper. There is a corporeal kinship between wood and paper and a natural transference of aesthetics and skills. I am ushering in this transition with a welcome exchange of familiar materials. The process can be as simple as trading a cut made with a band saw for a line made with scissors, and is as immediate as applying a hole punch in place of a drill bit.

A pair of scissors is a drawing tool. Cutting a line, like a road map on the surface of paper releases shapes that can be fastened, linked and connected into a structure that becomes a foundation on which to build. Paper lends itself to improvisation; it can be so delicate that it retains the imprint of memory, and so strong and versatile its materiality exists in a place between fabric and wood.

With a pair of scissors and paper a corset is constructed, a rib cage is made, armor fashioned, woven with warp and weft into a synthesis of color, pattern, decorative trim, ornamentation, frippery, and finery. My work is a potent diversion and coverup, a decorative camouflage, like a bird’s plumage enticing its admirers to take a closer look.

Lanie Gannon

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dates:

May 1 - June 26

artist:

Lanie Gannon

showing with:

Rami Kim

Kate Roebuck