{"id":3248,"date":"2017-07-13T18:55:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T18:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2017-07-13T18:55:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T18:55:14","slug":"selvedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethfram.com\/Blog\/selvedge\/","title":{"rendered":"Selvedge"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am just back from a fun weekend in Portland, Maine — the main objective being to visit “Selvedge”, the group show I am part of at Able Baker Contemporary<\/a>. Kudos to curator\u00a0Tessa Greene O’Brien<\/a> who has compiled a thought-provoking mix of work that is challenging, eclectic, and highly conceptual.<\/p>\n

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“Selvedge” at Able Baker Contemporary<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite the artists’ varying approaches and objectives, the work maintains a comfortable sense of integration and, as the week has worn on, the strength of “Selvedge” has become more and more evident as I can’t stop thinking about it. I regret that I wasn’t able to attend the opening so I could talk with some of the other artists about their ideas.<\/p>\n

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Salon Wall :\u00a0“Shift” <\/strong>\u00a92011 Elizabeth Fram, Wrapped-resist, Discharge and Stitching on Silk and Cotton, 10 x 9.5 inches (green lower half with horizontal stripes in upper right corner), just above the dark piece in the lower left corner of this image.<\/p><\/div>\n

Tessa’s enlightening essay<\/a>, which I encourage you to read in its brief entirety, clarifies her curatorial intent:<\/p>\n

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Each artist has developed a distinct visual language using textile techniques to resolve the two-dimensional concerns of color, space, form, and light. The artists’ use of non-traditional materials does not represent a rejection of painting’s history; instead, these painters embrace the medium with lively curiosity and sincerity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It is an honor to be included and to see my work hanging in this beautiful gallery in the city next door to where I grew up. “Selvedge” runs through August 5.<\/p>\n

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Floe <\/strong>(left) and Crystallized <\/strong>(right) \u00a9 2015 Elizabeth Fram, Paint, Dye and Embroidery on Silk, \u00a012 x 12 inches<\/p><\/div>\n

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Parterre<\/strong> (left) and Parterre 2<\/strong> (right) \u00a92015 Elizabeth Fram, Paint and Embroidery on layered Silk, 12 x 12 inches<\/p><\/div>\n

“Selvedge” participating artists: Cassie Jones<\/a>, Elizabeth Kleene<\/a>, Erica Licea-Kane<\/a>, Susan Metrician<\/a>, Maria Molteni<\/a>, Tessa Greene O’Brien<\/a>, Isabelle O’Donnell<\/a>, Martha Tuttle<\/a>, and Elizabeth Fram<\/a><\/p>\n

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