Block17 Art Space, which is at the center of Bacolod’s Art District—a complex of art galleries, artist-run cafés, and a microcinema. Dirty Laundry, as the group show is called, features contemporary fabric art by artists from Iloilo, Cebu, Manila, and Bacolod. It runs until December 6. The exhibition focuses on textile as material and goes beyond its designated practical and domestic function. Among the most intriguing works in the exhibition is Greys Lockhart’s “White Lies,” where several trimmings of cotton appear to be tied together on a piece of gauze and dyed using the Japanese shibori technique. Through this ancient dyeing process, the fabric is shaped to secure patterns made from the folds of the cloth. Lockhart’s work zooms in on the gray area produced by the process, and compares it to the metaphorical gray area where lies and truths are blurred. The layers of cotton trimmings represent the walls that we build to shut out other people. In doing so, we usually end up trapping ourselves in the process.
Block17. art space MXW6+32V, ART DISTRICT, LOPUE'S ANNEX BLDG, Bacolod, 6100 Negros Occidental
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