Please join us for light refreshments 4-6pm on Saturday, March 2nd for the reception of AS A PILGRIM IN LO: Tapestries from Beyond the Himalaya
A solo exhibition of work by Eve Pearce.
In her statement Eve describes the origin of this series:
"Speaking from somewhere in my sixth decade of tapestry-making, it's safe to say that I find this work is not just satisfying but essential. My imagery reflects an attentive way of working, a continuity of themes I find compelling, and a deepening of the well from which it all draws.
I have lived many years now on my farm in the mountains of Vermont, and have twice journeyed in the Himalayas where I encountered not only the ultimate in mountains but also a path of Buddhist practice. The tapestries in this show all resulted from a trek I was nudged into taking with my daughter in Lo (British: "Mustang"), a tiny, medieval, Buddhist kingdom on the back side of the Nepali Himalaya.
For ten years after we came back, I made these tapestries. I wished with all my heart and whatever skill I could muster, to express and honor what had been given me. Though they have often been out in the world, this is the first time they have been seen together. Each of them supports the others. Taken together I trust they communicate something of the power, the wonder of this extraordinary place and time."
More images of Eve's work can be seen on her artist's page at the American Tapestry Alliance web site: https://www.americantapestryalliance.org/; in catalogs for the ATA Biennials V, VII, VIII and XI; and in two books: The Art is the Cloth, Micala Sidore, 2020 and Tapestry Handbook: the Next Generation, Carol Russell, 2007, both published by Schiffer Publishing.
On view March 2nd -April 28th at The Left Bank Maurice Kahn Gallery
Gallery hours Monday and Friday 10am-2pm and Wednesday 5:30-7:30pm
Contact Rhonda Ratray rhondaratray@gmail.com for more information