why we linger at site festival
‘Why We Linger’ at Site Festival 2024 in Stroud. An exhibition showcasing all the artists that the Gallery represents.
WHY WE LINGER
A group exhibition showcasing all the artists that the Jennifer Lauren Gallery represents
Intersect Chicago
About the Exhibition
Jennifer Lauren Gallery presented new works for the virtual edition of Intersect Chicago 2020 from 6-12 November 2020. The fair was the evolution of SOFA – Sculpture Objects Functional Art. It was the intersection of art, design and objects. SOFA includes daily highlights on Glass, Contemporary Art, Design, Ceramic and Craft, Outsider Art, Fiber and Public Art / Sculpture.
The Jennifer Lauren Gallery showcased: mystical sculptural creatures from Japanese self-taught artists Shinichi Sawada and Akio Kontani; personal clay beings from British artist Terence Wilde; fun and colourful hand-felted 'Makoot' dolls from Japanese artist Makoto Okawa; layered web-like textile structures from British artist Aradne; symbolic cross-stitch and complex monochrome works by British artist Valerie Potter; imaginative pencil drawings from American artist Margaret Mousseau who only started drawing in her sixties; and not forgetting a new artist Joyce Davies from the Shetland Isles, who has created some powerful mono-screenprints.
Writer Edward Gomez has written about his curatorial selections HERE
ART | UNLOCKED | UNEARTHED
About the Exhibition
The Jennifer Lauren Gallery held a two-week callout in April 2020 for artists that self-define as disabled and/or Deaf to submit one artwork for selection that has been made since January 2020, with no theme or art material specified. This call-out culminated in this rich and vibrant online exhibition and zine that can be viewed here: ‘ART | UNLOCKED | UNEARTHED.’
With the help of artist and adult survivor Terence Wilde and curator Lisa Slominski, we selected the work of 30 artists from 194 submissions. As part of the funding from Manchester International Festival, five of the selected artists were Greater Manchester based – highlighted by the word *MANCHESTER.
Art provides a much-needed distraction and connection point for so many disabled and/or Deaf artists in order to combat the loneliness and isolation that many are currently facing. Many of those featured were from supported studios who were doing an incredible job to move their programming online to continue supporting disabled artists from a distance during covid-19.
Supporting artist’s wellbeing is of utmost importance to me and this call-out was just one way of providing a boost to artists during this time. Please get in touch should any works be of interest to you.