Blue Hill’s Cynthia Winings Gallery presents “Thread, Paper, Scissors,” featuring Lucy Childs and Lari Washburn in the Project Space, in conjunction with “Gathering Here” in the main gallery space.
“Thread, Paper, Scissors” features collages by Washburn and hand-embroidered textiles by Childs. Washburn layers many paper elements into her work, thinking of them as everyday offerings from the world. Often, these are snippets from drawings and paintings she has put aside.
Childs hand sews imaginary landscapes, beach scenes, maps and abstract patterns, and includes lace-making and white work techniques in a contemporary way. Both artists use carefully considered details and color to evoke and give shape to thoughts and feelings more subtle than words.
“Gathering Here” is a group exhibition co-curated by Washburn and Cynthia Winings, inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1986 essay “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction.” In the essay, Le Guin reimagines the story of human culture not as one defined by conquest and heroic acts, but by gathering, holding and sustaining. The “carrier bag” becomes a metaphor for the exhibition: a vessel for what we collect, carry and share.
Bringing this idea into the realm of art, “Gathering Here” considers artists as gatherers — collecting materials, impressions, memories, questions and experiences over time. The artworks become containers themselves: places where meaning is held, layered and allowed to unfold.
The exhibition features Kelly Popoff, Jackie Shatz, Ben Pritchard, Isabel Riley, Dan Dowd and Lari Washburn.
An opening reception was held June 28. Both exhibitions will be on view through July 18.
Cynthia Winings Gallery is at 24 Parker Point Road, Blue Hill. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, call 917-204-4001 or go to www.cynthiawiningsgallery.com.
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