Bryana Bibbs: Unforeseen
@ 21c Museum Hotel Chicago
55 E. Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611
Opening Friday, August 16th, from 6PM - 8PM
On view through Thursday, October 31st
Unforeseen
Weavings by Bryana Bibbs
On view August – October 2024
Join us on August 16, 6 – 8 pm for a reception with the artist. Free and open to everyone.
21c Museum Hotel Chicago is pleased to present Unforeseen, a solo exhibition by Bryana Bibbs of select Journal Series weavings from Winter 2023. As a part of the Elevate series at 21c Chicago, the work will be on view from August through October in Gallery 3.
The journals were made two months before her grandfather (Papa George) passed on December 18, 2023. Along with her mom, Bibbs stayed at her grandparents’ home to assist her Papa George, hoping he would get better. Unable to create new materials, Bibbs journaled using found objects from her grandparents’ backyard, her Mema’s pantry, her Mema’s sewing tins, and hand-spun wool that Bibbs had previously made.
In the Journal Series weavings, Bibbs intuitively documents her personal experiences using materials, colors, and textures. She makes her yarn using the traditional textile techniques of hand-carding and hand-spinning before hand-weaving them on her frame loom, and she incorporates collected found objects.
Elevate at 21c presents temporary exhibitions of works by artists living and working in the communities surrounding each 21c Museum Hotel. Elevate provides hotel guests and visitors with unique access to notable regional artists’ work while featuring their work in the context of 21c’s contemporary art space.
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