Pulling Threads

November 9 – 30, 2016. Root Division.

Pulling Threads is a conversation between feminist art history and contemporary Bay Area women artists. The exhibition showcases the lasting influence of the Feminist movement on the next generation of female artists through their contemporary exploration of craft, domestic space, motherhood, and the body. Nearly 45 years after Womanhouse, the issues raised by pioneering Feminist artists remain vital to contemporary discourse. Presented as a dialogue between past and present, each participating artist chose an inspirational historical feminist whose work informs or resonates with their practice, and wrote a personal statement about that relationship. This structural design illustrates visual and conceptual connections between works that span several decades.

Participating artists: Kathy Aoki, Eliza Barrios, Lauren Bartone, Paz de la Calzada, Laura Boles Faw, The Fortnight Collective (Hannah Merriman, Stephanie Jucker, Paula Egan, Ellen Litwiller, Liza Yee, Lauren Bartone), Jenne Giles, Victoria Mara Heilweil, Jenny Lennick, Lynne McCabe, Ranu Mukherjee, Sandra Ono, Sonya Philip, Lucy Puls, Sarah Ratchye, Claudia Tennyson, Christina Velazquez