New Domestics

New Domestics

The inaugural group exhibition at Franconia Commons explores themes of domesticity in contemporary art

Franconia Sculpture Park is pleased to present “New Domestics”, the inaugural gallery exhibition in the Gallery @ Franconia Commons curated by Franconia’s Executive Director & Chief Curator Ginger Shulick Porcella. This group exhibition explores themes of domesticity in contemporary art, blurring the lines between functional art, craft, and high and lowbrow art forms. Using the gallery as a platform to contemplate interiors and their intimate relationship to art and design, “New Domestics” celebrates artists from across the globe while examining the depth and breadth of sculpture as an expansive and diverse medium in dialogue with drawing and mark-making. Residing somewhere between the melancholy and celebration of homely obligation, the artists in this exhibition underscore a return to domesticity in the time of COVID-19.
 

Participating Artists: Allison Baker, Emma Beatrez, Beth Campbell, Christopher Chiappa, Hannah Epstein, Rose Eken, Mark Jay Freedman, Al Freeman, Nassem Navab, Jolie Ngo, Lee Noble
 

“New Domestics” opens in Franconia Commons on Saturday, September 26, 2020 with a public reception from 4pm-6pm. The opening reception coincides with the Grand Opening of Franconia Commons and Franconia’s 24th Annual Art & Artists Celebration from 3pm-9pm. The exhibition will run until December 31, 2020.

Image Credit:  Nassem Navab, tissue box from the “Cover Protect Decorate” series, 2019


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