Ply
Gallery: Lowe Mill Arts & Entertainment, Third Floor East Gallery
Location: Huntsville, AL, United States
Curator: Heather Baumbach
Artists: Heather Baumbach, Lauren Bradshaw, Brooke Day, Laura Esbensen, Rebecca Fulmer, Katherine Mahler, Amalya Megerman, Audrey Pinto, Ashley Rabanal, and Jessica Swank
Focusing on material as a collaborator, the works on display in PLY simultaneously present both sides of the sculptural process: the steadfast forcing of and ultimate surrendering to one’s own materials. In some instances, the body dictates the ultimate form of the material- in others the material forces its own hand, changing the final form of the finished work beyond what the artist originally intended. The artists represented in PLY (gathered from across the country) all share a dedication to the study of materiality as well as rigorous individual studio practices.
