Vanessa Viruet
笔础脩鲍贰尝齿厂
January 22鈥揗arch 5, 2022
New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art at 91社区 is proud to present 笔础脩鲍贰尝齿厂 by Chicago-based artist Vanessa Viruet. 笔础脩鲍贰尝齿厂 includes textile works and sculpture in the main gallery space, as well as a temporary public art piece in New Harmony鈥檚 Maclure Square. The exhibition opens on Saturday, January 22, 2022 and runs through Saturday, March 5, 2022.聽Gallery hours are 10:00 AM 鈥� 5:00 PM Central, Tuesday 鈥� Saturday. COVID safety procedures will be required, including masks and social distancing, in accordance with 91社区 policy.
ARTIST'S TALK March 5, 2022. 3pm CT
PUBLIC RECEPTION March 5, 2022. 4-6pm CT
Vanessa Viruet utilizes materials such as bandanas, hoop earrings, cars, and found objects to investigate gender roles, cultural identity, and socioeconomic experiences. In 笔础脩鲍贰尝齿厂, large-scale installations, printed fabric, shiny objects, and repetitive patterns using bold shapes and colors serve as symbols鈥攐r 鈥渇lags鈥濃�攖o share both communal and personal stories.
笔础脩鲍贰尝齿厂 (a play on the Spanish word for 鈥渉anky鈥�) explores the various ways in which we present ourselves. Utilizing the gallery鈥檚 exhibition space as the hyper-feminine 鈥渋nterior space鈥� and an outdoor site-specific installation as a hyper-masculine 鈥減ublic space,鈥� Viruet flamboyantly displays expressions of identity. While creating a shared space that speaks to community experience, 笔础脩鲍贰尝齿厂 is also a space to celebrate Viruet鈥檚 own experience as Queer, Latina, and a first-generation college graduate.
Vanessa Viruet is a Chicago-based fiber artist of Puerto Rican descent. She creates monumental scale artworks to examine the complex histories rooted in textiles such as identity, cultural heritage, gender, and class. Viruet holds a BFA and a MA in Teaching from the Maryland Institute College of Art as well as an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art.聽She currently serves as an art instructor for Chicago Public Schools and teaches in the Fiber and Material Studies Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Someday she hopes to have her own scholarship for artists of color.
This exhibition is made possible in part by the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, and the Indiana Arts Commission, which receives support from the State of Indiana and the National Endowment for the Arts.