Group Show

April 19, 2025 - April 18, 2026

What Material Do I Want to Be?

 

(Text from The Franklin) Material and intention are at the core of art making. The material that an artist uses can be as essential to their practice as the thematic explorations that propel creation. As we explore the motivations that ignite art makers to commit to a form, a material and content, What Material Do I Want To Be? explores the poetry behind the craft that comprise a work of art.

For this exhibition we have gathered a group of artists that explore materials and content at various frequencies, letting the ideas become a part of the foreground as well as the materiality that embodies their expression.

The title of this exhibition was inspired by a conversation with artist Paola Cabal regarding artistic practices.

Participating artists: Jess Bass, Maria Burundarena, Paola Cabal, Alexis de Chaunac, Ben Foch, Maria Gaspar, Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Jaclyn Jacunski, Kelly Kristin Jones, Jordan Martins, Mariana Noreña, Melissa Oresky, Leticia Pardo, Sonnenzimmer, Yasmin Spiro, Ann Toebbe, Frank Vega, Natalia Villanueva-Linares, Anna Martine Whitehead, Nicole Woodard, Matt Russ

 

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