Hey all, I just wanted to get the word out about my fabulous friend Sam Lamb's art show this Friday night. You can get a feel for the wonderful work of my talented pal at her blog. I'll be going with my hot date, Nate. Details below. Hope to see you all there.
| Date: | 08 May 2009 |
| Time: | 19:00 - 22:00 |
| Location: | LE Gallery |
| Street: | 1183 Dundas Street West |
| Town/City: | Toronto, ON |
Opening Reception: May 8th, 7-10pm
Gallery Hours: Wed-Sun, 12-6pm
Stamps. Linen. Embroidery. Dolls. And a handful of dirty thoughts.
Modern life is not easy for today’s working mother. The daily struggle to balance full-time employment while raising children inevitably takes its toll on a woman’s personal identity. Using domestic materials and handcrafts, Lamb explores this struggle by setting up marked contrasts between material and message. Inappropriate sexual desires are delicately spelled out on dolls, while traditional samplers reveal weighty confessions in place of the expected motivational Psalms.
Reclaiming these materials and crafts as a canvas for expression while carefully respecting their history and practice is at the core of the current movement towards a New Domesticity. Swallowed Words places Lamb’s work within this larger dialogue, and reveals a new opportunity for domestic materials to communicate modern issues of identity.
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