Jun 7th 2024

Lily Homer: Bean Throne; Mud Castle

@ Ignition project space

3839 W Grand Ave, Chicago, IL 60651

Opening Friday, June 7th, from 6PM - 9PM

On view through Thursday, June 27th

Lily Homer
Bean Throne; Mud Castle
solo exhibition

Statement
Bean Throne; Mud Castle considers the emergence of efficiency culture and its degrading impact on all facets of human life. Pressure to accomplish goals more quickly, cheaply, and easily now extends beyond our workplaces and into our private lives (ie: 30-minute meals, electric toothbrushes, audiobook 2x speed, and 5-minute meditations). Thanks to these clever devices, we continually streamline our relaxation and regulate our free time. In Bean Throne; Mud Castle, a satirical revolt against productivity is enacted. Embroidered wall hangings and small sculptures act as blueprints, prototypes, and demonstrations of machines whose utilities range from redundant to counterproductive: an intricate apparatus designed to store a single toothpick, a bookstand that will only hold down the first page, and elaborate compartments for individual noodles. Through gadgets that would prove distinctly unhelpful, Bean Throne; Mud Castle makes room for dysfunction and impracticality.
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Lily Homer (b. Chicago) is a multi-media artist exploring issues of disillusionment, contradiction, Jewish diaspora, and absurdity. She weaves, intertwines, and combines pliable materials like steel wire, rope, and fabric, generating objects that oscillate between line and form. Homer’s research into shpanyer arbet, an esoteric lace technique, further influences this line of exploration. She brings her family’s history of craftsmanship into her work, manifesting her fears, anxieties, and hopes. Homer has a BA in architecture from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and an MFA in Fiber & Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

 

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