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Simultaneous: Seripop & Sonnenzimmer
opens at the CBPA, February 12, 2015
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Simultaneous: Seripop & Sonnenzimmer
Centre for Book and Paper Arts
Columbia College Chicago
1104 S. Wabash Avenue, Suite 200
Chicago, Illinois 60605
USA
312.369.6632
February 12 – April 11, 2015
Reception: February 12, 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Guided gallery tour: February 12
Chicago-based Sonnenzimmer (Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi) and Montréal-based Seripop (Yannick Desranleau and Chloe Lum) have independently, but in a rich dialogue, developed bodies of screen-printed work that investigate the relationship between the materials of fabric and paper. Sonnenzimmer’s sculptural work investigates fabric as if it were a kind of paper (shaping, painting, and printing on it as a wall-hanging or floor piece). Seripop creates large-scale installations that utilize paper as if it were fabric (draping and folding massive sheets with a casualness that belies the fragility of the medium).
Simultaneous will consist of dual large-scale installations which will include a range of printed paper and fabric works, including textiles, wall-hangings, folded paper sculptures, posters, and audio elements.
Simultaneous is curated by Julia V. Hendrickson, an independent curator, editor, and writer who lives in Austin, Texas.
Support for this exhibition provided in part by the Canada Council for the Arts; the Center for Book and Paper Arts at Columbia College Chicago; the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec; the Illinois Arts Council; the Québec Government Office in Chicago; and Skyline Design, Chicago.