Imprint: Sarah Gross & Mary Anne Jordan
June 3, 2022 - August 6, 2022
at Belger Crane Yard Studio
2011 Tracy Avenue Kansas City, MO, 64108
Opening Reception: 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Imprint is a two-person exhibition featuring ceramic works by Sarah Gross and fiber works by Mary Anne Jordan.
Sarah Gross uses pattern and repetition to build complexity and engage the viewer’s eye. Both inviting and forbidding, her work is embedded with layers of desire and discomfort. Her imprint is evident in the labor-intensive surface decoration of her vessels and in her installation titled Consumption, a 36-foot-long carpet of red-glazed ceramic tiles. The texture of each tile was created by a cast of the artist’s finger.
Mary Anne Jordan uses nontraditional quilting processes to create hand-dyed, quilted, and stitched works. Creating pattern using bold colors and intensive hand-stitching, she allows her dyes to run and smear to reveal the artist’s imprint and a humanness to the work. These visual statements allude to domesticity and daily life, while referencing current events and contemporary culture.
