INSISTING AND MAINTAINING
Slemmons Gallery
May 16, 2025 to July 5, 2025
Artist Alok Vaid-Menon has said, “There’s something audacious and beautiful about insisting on maintaining your humor and delight.” For Laurie LeBreton, humor and delight are a direct result of her work as a fiber artist. She works primarily in handmade paper to convey these ideas, using her favorite properties of paper – the messy pleasure of making it, its ability to absorb color, and both its apparent fragility and veritable strength.
The paper tapestries in LeBreton’s exhibit INSISTING AND MAINTAINING are typical of her work in many ways. The simplicity and repetitiveness of their construction lead LeBreton to calm and peace. There’s an element of playfulness: She turns a series of flat objects into a three-dimensional structure. She uses this simple structure to comment on impermanence through various means of installation. She uses color to express joy.
Finally, through this work, LeBreton also honors traditional women’s crafts – quilt making, sewing, and weaving, with the intent to convey warmth and comfort, and to express love.
RSVP for the opening reception on Friday, May 16 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the link below.
Click HERE for more information on gallery hours and private appointments.
INSISTING AND MAINTAINING
Slemmons Gallery
May 16, 2025 to July 5, 2025
Artist Alok Vaid-Menon has said, “There’s something audacious and beautiful about insisting on maintaining your humor and delight.” For Laurie LeBreton, humor and delight are a direct result of her work as a fiber artist. She works primarily in handmade paper to convey these ideas, using her favorite properties of paper – the messy pleasure of making it, its ability to absorb color, and both its apparent fragility and veritable strength.
The paper tapestries in LeBreton’s exhibit INSISTING AND MAINTAINING are typical of her work in many ways. The simplicity and repetitiveness of their construction lead LeBreton to calm and peace. There’s an element of playfulness: She turns a series of flat objects into a three-dimensional structure. She uses this simple structure to comment on impermanence through various means of installation. She uses color to express joy.
Finally, through this work, LeBreton also honors traditional women’s crafts – quilt making, sewing, and weaving, with the intent to convey warmth and comfort, and to express love.
RSVP for the opening reception on Friday, May 16 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the link below.
Click HERE for more information on gallery hours and private appointments.
Laurie LeBreton is a sculptor who uses a wide variety of materials – handmade paper, bike tires, and aluminum cans, among them - to express her sense of humor and delight. She has exhibited widely in the Chicago area, nationally and internationally, including solo exhibits at the Evanston Art Center; the Quad Cities Airport, Moline, Iowa; the Orland Park Library, and the University of Michigan Library.
LeBreton works and lives in Chicago, Illinois. She received an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College, Chicago in 2010. She is a past participant in the Center Program at the Hyde Park Art Center.
Laurie LeBreton is a sculptor who uses a wide variety of materials – handmade paper, bike tires, and aluminum cans, among them - to express her sense of humor and delight. She has exhibited widely in the Chicago area, nationally and internationally, including solo exhibits at the Evanston Art Center; the Quad Cities Airport, Moline, Iowa; the Orland Park Library, and the University of Michigan Library.
LeBreton works and lives in Chicago, Illinois. She received an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College, Chicago in 2010. She is a past participant in the Center Program at the Hyde Park Art Center.
