Transforming Antidotes
No Feeling is Final 1 & 2, Lisa Alberts
Remnants: Mouse, Millicent Kennedy
By Lisa Alberts & Millicent Kennedy
February 3rd - 25th; Opening Reception February 3rd, 1–9 PM |
Indigo Dye Resist Workshop with Millicent Kennedy - February 25th, 11 AM-2 PM
COOP is pleased to present Transforming Antidotes, a collaborative exhibition by artists Lisa Alberts and Millicent Kennedy. The artists explore alchemy in labor that leads to transformation — juxtaposing soft and harder-edged sculptures — finding synchronicity in hand-printed textiles and mending. Dyed fabrics stuffed and tangled disguise complex feelings of motherhood and anxiety in the body. Obsolete items archived in a transitory world evoke both stagnancy and newness. The meaning of labor relates more bodily for Alberts as a caregiver where objects of comfort are used as antidotes to our anxieties. Kennedy investigates new life by protecting lifeless items under embellished cover. For both artists, making by hand is a private performance dispelling past and future fears with stitched remedies of courage, craftsmanship, attention, and rebirth.
More about the Artists
Lisa Alberts is a multidisciplinary artist interested in the human and maternal experience. Lisa received her BFA in Fine Art from Kendall College of Art and Design, followed by graduate work in Photo Theory at Durham University in Durham, UK. Alberts is a current exhibiting artist with the Farmington Hills Public Art Program and Co-Founder of Skep Space, an artist-centered community for creatives in Farmington Hills, Michigan. For more information visit @lisaalberts.art.
Millicent Kennedy’s practice is interested in how we archive a physical world in flux. They are based in Chicago and received a Bachelor's Degree from Northeastern Illinois University and MFA from Northern Illinois University. Solo exhibitions include Belong Gallery, SXU Art Gallery, Roman Susan, and specific installations with Charles Allis Art Museum, Terrain Exhibitions Biennial, and Purple Window Gallery. Kennedy is currently in an artist residency at the Bridge Program at Hyde Park Art Center. They teach at Northern Illinois University. More information: @millicentkennedystudios.
More about COOP
COOP is a curatorial collective made up of artists, curators, and thinkers who are committed to expanding Nashville’s dialogue with contemporary art by presenting challenging new or under-represented artists/artworks to our community. COOP is committed to exhibiting art of diverse media and content. COOP seeks to initiate a discourse between Nashville and art scenes across the country by inviting artists to show, develop projects and interact with the Nashville community.
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