November 11 - December 18, 2022
From Northern-Southern:
“Virginia Fleck’s tour de force installation fills the gallery with shimmers of sound and light. Aluminum can tabs are strung into ethereal columns. A trinity of them drape from the ceiling, rotating slowly, A moth-like tapestry of tabs clings to a wall. A relay of globe cages-intended for bingo balls, are dangled in aluminum tabs, each a hand-cranked sound bath. The installation is a song to the transformative power of devotion. From salvage and discard, Fleck weaves serenity, wonder, and peace.
who:
Virginia Fleck has been working primarily in reclaimed materials for three decades. For the last seven years, she has explored the sensory possibilities in assemblages of can tabs. In the material of the can tab, Fleck sees a metaphor for hope and a token of magical thinking. In the ritual and patience of the weaving, Fleck finds painterly and sonic light. Born in 1960 to a devout family, in Inwood, the last recognizable Irish enclave in New York City, Fleck’s childhood was steeped in the magical thinking of religious doctrine and the sensory drama of the Catholic Mass. She attended art school briefly in New England and settled in Austin in 1990. Shimmer is Fleck’s second show at Northern–Southern.”
Reception: November 11, 2022 | 11 am – 12 pm
Northern-Southern (Downtown Austin)
411 Brazos Street #105
Austin, 78701 Texas
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