Abattoir: Reading and Making
Reading and Making For the gallery鈥檚 initial presentation in the Hudson Valley, Abattoir is excited to exhibit paintings by Caitlin MacBride and sculptures by Dominic Palarchio, two artists whose work is shaped significantly by their experience and research around labor and craft. Palarchio鈥檚 practice applies metonymy to locate where hardship lies, reminding us of economy and place鈥揳nd the inevitability of our relationship with them. His work emanates from Detroit鈥檚 post-industrial condition; many of his sculptures rely on classed sources to replicate the tangible and affective efforts that define their utility. Palarchio is interested in how objects鈥攊mbued with evidence of prior ownership鈥� evoke working conditions as inhospitable systems that negatively shape lives lived beyond the workplace.
MacBride studies the handmade objects and histories of the Shaker communities in the Northeast, sects which held work and workmanship sacred to their religious worship. The parity of the sexes and independence of women featured prominently in the Shaker belief system. MacBride鈥檚 oil paintings on panel and canvas examine these histories in works that vibrate with mystery and literary intelligence.
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Reading and Making For the gallery鈥檚 initial presentation in the Hudson Valley, Abattoir is excited to exhibit paintings by Caitlin MacBride and sculptures by Dominic Palarchio, two artists whose work is shaped significantly by their experience and research around labor and craft. Palarchio鈥檚 practice applies metonymy to locate where hardship lies, reminding us of economy and place鈥揳nd the inevitability of our relationship with them. His work emanates from Detroit鈥檚 post-industrial condition; many of his sculptures rely on classed sources to replicate the tangible and affective efforts that define their utility. Palarchio is interested in how objects鈥攊mbued with evidence of prior ownership鈥� evoke working conditions as inhospitable systems that negatively shape lives lived beyond the workplace.
MacBride studies the handmade objects and histories of the Shaker communities in the Northeast, sects which held work and workmanship sacred to their religious worship. The parity of the sexes and independence of women featured prominently in the Shaker belief system. MacBride鈥檚 oil paintings on panel and canvas examine these histories in works that vibrate with mystery and literary intelligence.
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