Volume Gallery is delighted to announce Apex, a multi-generational group show of contemporary American artists working in fiber. Curated by esteemed craft specialist Meaghan Roddy, the exhibition features work by Tanya Aguiñiga, Lia Cook, Ricki Dwyer, Josh Faught, Terri Friedman, Ferne Jacobs, Michael Rohde, SHENEQUA, and Jana Vander Lee. Apex opens January 5, 2024, from 5-8 pm at 1709 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60622.
Apex facilitates a dialogue among nine remarkable artists working in textiles now. In this context, the word ‘apex’ refers to a meeting point for these artists, many of whom arrived at working in fiber through different media, areas of practice, or subjects of study. It also refers to the joining of the many technical and material differences, practical approaches, and the diversity of age, geographical location, identity, and cultural backgrounds of the makers in the show.
Expanding on Volume Gallery’s existing program of presenting the work of contemporary American makers whose practices hover beyond the confines of categorization, this exhibition suggests no hierarchy among technical or material uses, or among established and emerging makers. Apex presents these artists as contemporaries living and producing alongside each other, exploring the limitless potential of the same craft.
Apex is an inaugural exhibition curated by Meaghan Roddy, the first in a series of exhibitions initiated by Volume Gallery to engage the perspectives of academics, market leaders, and influential voices within contemporary art, design, and craft. Roddy’s field of interest is mining alternate art histories to tell a more complete story of American art and design, spotlighting the common through-current of craft practices and materials, their precedence, and trajectory.
| Hours | Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Venue | Volume Gallery |
| Type | Design Exhibition |
| Duration | 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM |
| City | Chicago |
About
Volume Gallery
Volume Gallery focuses on American art and design, with a strong emphasis placed on emerging contemporary artists and designers. Volume Gallery releases editions, publications and organizes exhibits that showcase the work of American artists and designers to regional, national and international audiences. We are asking critical questions of what it means to be an American artist/designer in a culture that is rapidly becoming more global, while simultaneously examining the American experience. Outside of an active gallery program, institutional shows and acquisitions are an important component to the roster’s activities. Over the course of the gallery’s history we have placed over 50 pieces in nearly 20 public institutions (LACMA, SFMOMA, AIC, MAD, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Mint Museum and the Renwick to name a few).
