“Mending: Craft and Community—Selections from the Museum’s Collection”
Tanya Aguiñiga, Mend, 2015, cotton, wool, and copper-electroplated epoxy clay, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Art Colony Association, Inc. and the Latin Maecenas. © Tanya Aguiña
Joyce J. Scott, “Danger Done” Neckpiece, 1994, glass beads, found objects, and thread, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Helen Williams Drutt Collection, Museum purchase funded by the Morgan Foundation in honor of Catherine Asher Morgan. © Joyce J. Scott
Title
Mending: Craft and Community
Selections from the Museum’s Collection
Dates
December 8, 2018–October 20, 2019
Overview
This exhibition showcases mending as an act of transformation by artists working in a wide range of craft-based materials. Through 28 objects drawn from the Museum’s collection, Mending: Craft and Community examines both formal and metaphorical examples of mending created in the past four decades, revealing techniques and personal stories in works that weave together dominant narratives of race, gender, and sexual orientation.
Highlights include Mend (2015), a large fiber work by artist Tanya Aguiñiga created from cotton, wool, and clay, reflecting motherhood and community among women; Jaydan Moore’s Platter #4 (2012), an eight-foot-long silver-plate platter made of cut apart and reassembled serving trays; and Joyce Scott’s “Danger Done” Neckpiece (1994) of found beads and beaded black figures that comment on stereotypes of black identity. The international and U.S. artists included in the exhibition range from masters in the field of studio craft such as Therman Statom and Léopold Foulem to a younger generation including Jennifer Ling Datchuk and Aaron McIntosh.
Location
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Caroline Wiess Law Building | Alice Pratt Brown Gallery
1001 Bissonnet Street
Funding
This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Media Contact
Sarah Hobson, publicist
shobson@mfah.org | 713.800.5345