The Golden Thread II
April 11-May 16
Wednesdays-Sundays: 12:00-6:00
207 Front Street (Fulton + Beekman)
Liv Aanrud Alissa Alfonso Abdolreza Aminlari Paolo Arao Natalie Baxter Felix Beaudry Sammy Bennett Montrel Beverly Samantha Bittman Julia Bland Jess Blaustein Chris Bogia Eileen Braun Jennifer Cecere Ruby Chishti Poppy Deltadawn Rima Day Sam Dienst Lesley Dill Ali Dipp Lucia Engstrom Mark Fleuridor Terri Friedman Manuela Gonzalez Françoise Grossen Tali Halpern Sharon Kerry-Harlan Valerie Hegarty Ana María Hernando Candace Hicks Traci Johnson Anna Kunz Lauren Luloff Karen Margolis Ruben Marroquin Caitlin McCormack Lior Modan Tomo Mori Ellie Murphy Tura Oliveira Mia Pearlman Sheila Pepe Julie Peppito Debra Rapoport Josie Love Roebuck Baylee Schmitt Sylvia Schwartz Michelle Segre Manju Shandler Fran Siegel Emily Silver Jacqueline Surdell Rhian Swierat Suzanne Tick Trish Tillman Tiny Pricks Project (Diana Weymar) Maris Van Vlack Cyle Warner Rachel Mica Weiss Ulla-Stina Wikander Halley Zien
BravinLee Programs is pleased to announce The Golden Thread II, This fiber art exhibition reprises last spring's exhibition with 60 new artists including ten new site-specific installations. The exhibition will once again be in the amazing 207 Front Street, a building in Manhattan’s South Street Seaport built in the 1790's.
Last year’s exhibition was attended by over 3,000. visitors. Scroll down for press links for Golden Thread 1 including The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Art Spiel, The Art Newspaper, Artnet, Colossal, and Untapped. Link to last year’s exhibition on our website: bravinlee.com
Although this year's iteration includes all new artists, Christian Viveros Fauné's essay from last year's exhibition continue to be apt and spot on:
“The exhibition The Golden Thread shines a light on a group of exemplary artists who have made of the radical use of textiles their frequent or dedicated métier. Hailing from different parts of the U.S. and beyond, their wildly varied artworks occupy four floors of a landmark 18th century warehouse previously used to store, among other period wares, bails of cotton and bolts of fabric arriving and departing New York’s South Street Seaport. Repurposed by the exhibition’s organizers, Karin Bravin and John Post Lee—longtime New York dealers and champions of textile art—the building’s 10,000 square feet have been marshaled to array both discrete objects and commissioned installations…As befits a showcase rather than an exhaustive thematic or historical survey, the artworks featured in The Golden Thread run the gamut—from foursquare pictures to three-dimensional artworks, from freestanding sculptures to editioned rugs, from hanging tapestries to immersive environments”.207 Front Street is one of the oldest buildings in the South Street Seaport, built in 1797. It is an outstanding example of mercantile architecture, with a twelve-foot diameter grain hoist, peaked roof, Flemish Bond brick facade, and heavy timber floor framing. This 10,000. sf. building was owned by some of the most prominent mercantile families in New York City history. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, 207 Front Street had never been open to the public as an exhibition space until last year’s exhibition.
Ivan Wolpert of Seaport Associates and Belle Harbour Capital LLC is proud to co-sponsor this event again with BravinLee programs. According to Wolpert, there is nothing like this space in New York City. It offers a true old world feel and is ideal for creative organizations, “It is both a privilege and great opportunity to be a steward for a place that was central to the founding of New York City and the Country”.
BravinLee’s limited edition hand-knotted rugs will be included; Rashid Johnson, Christopher Wool, Walter Robinson and others. Link to rugs.
207 Front Street (Between Fulton + Beekman, west side of street), NYC
Wednesday-Sunday 12-6:30