Variable West Founder Amelia Rina picks the most exciting events and exhibitions on the West Coast.
Each pick includes a question meant to act as a prompt for thinking about the art, artist, or exhibition.
What Rina says:
Textile arts have a natural affinity with narrative and the idiosyncrasies of relationships. In these sculptural textile works, Megan Prince weaves together conversations about interpersonal relationships, environmental impact, and the generative act of reuse. Made of hand-knit, donated second hand denim jeans, the "Jean Bodies" create literal and figurative connections between the jeans' original owners. Installed in the gallery space, they transform yet again into playful soft sculptures that invite interaction. Reflection: What stories do your clothes hold?
Megan Prince’s Jean Bodies at Alki Beach Park, Seattle, 2021.
Megan Prince: Great Mysterious Heart is featured alongside shows featuring artists Sofía Córdova and Gina M. Contreras.
Great Mysterious Heart: Megan Prince
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
January 7 - February 12
Sofía Córdova: dawn_chorusiii: the fruit they don’t have here | 破曉歌聲 iii: 這裏沒有的水果 | coro_del_alba iii: la fruta que no tienen aquí
Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
December 3, 2021 - January 29, 2022
Modern Folk
Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR
January 22 - February 19