Entwined: Ritual Wrapping and Binding in Contemporary Southern Art Exhibition Opening
Today is the opening of the exhibition, Entwined, on view through August 30. Drawing inspiration from the traditions of various cultures such as Haitian Voudou, Appalachian broom-making, Calabrian silk production, Peruvian rope coiling and Congo Nkisi, these contemporary Southern artists engage wrapping and binding as a symbolic aesthetic device, and often as a ritual practice within their...