MATERIALS MATTER
Slemmons Gallery
November 10, 2023 to January 20, 2024
As a fiber sculptor, Karen Gubitz first and foremost considers herself a materialist. Her exploration of materials and their relationship to the dimensional constructed surface takes advantage of their potency, limitlessness, and pliability. Some of her work explores lines and shapes to create patterns. Other work uses the flexibility of the fiber to wrap and fold to build dimensionality.
Experimenting with various craft techniques, she studies the properties of materials to extract their highest possible resiliency and surface potential. As the noted fiber artist and educator, Warren Seelig wrote: “When you experience a place it is the materiality that you engage with, and it is the expressiveness of that materiality that makes the place memorable and rich.”
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MATERIALS MATTER
Slemmons Gallery
November 10, 2023 to January 20, 2024
As a fiber sculptor, Karen Gubitz first and foremost considers herself a materialist. Her exploration of materials and their relationship to the dimensional constructed surface takes advantage of their potency, limitlessness, and pliability. Some of her work explores lines and shapes to create patterns. Other work uses the flexibility of the fiber to wrap and fold to build dimensionality.
Experimenting with various craft techniques, she studies the properties of materials to extract their highest possible resiliency and surface potential. As the noted fiber artist and educator, Warren Seelig wrote: “When you experience a place it is the materiality that you engage with, and it is the expressiveness of that materiality that makes the place memorable and rich.”
Click HERE for more information on gallery hours and private appointments.
Karen is a self-taught fiber sculptor who started her artistic life as a basket maker. At the age of 60, Karen retired from her law career to begin her life as a full-time artist. Since then, Karen’s artwork has been exhibited in the United States and internationally in galleries, fine art exhibits, and fine craft shows, including Woman Made Gallery, Chicago Sculpture International, Water Street Gallery, Bloomington Art Center, Koehnline Museum of Art, Lewis University, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, American Craft Exposition, Michigan Fine Art Competition, Washington Craft Show, CraftBoston, and World of Thread in Toronto, Canada. Public art and site-specific installations include Chicago Tree Project, ArtPrize, Oak Park Sculpture Walk, Oak Park Arts District, and the Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens in Rockford, Illinois. In 2017 and 2019, Karen served as the curator for member exhibitions at the National Basketry Organization’s annual conference. Her work is held in private collections.
Karen is a self-taught fiber sculptor who started her artistic life as a basket maker. At the age of 60, Karen retired from her law career to begin her life as a full-time artist. Since then, Karen’s artwork has been exhibited in the United States and internationally in galleries, fine art exhibits, and fine craft shows, including Woman Made Gallery, Chicago Sculpture International, Water Street Gallery, Bloomington Art Center, Koehnline Museum of Art, Lewis University, Lubeznik Center for the Arts, American Craft Exposition, Michigan Fine Art Competition, Washington Craft Show, CraftBoston, and World of Thread in Toronto, Canada. Public art and site-specific installations include Chicago Tree Project, ArtPrize, Oak Park Sculpture Walk, Oak Park Arts District, and the Nicholas Conservatory and Gardens in Rockford, Illinois. In 2017 and 2019, Karen served as the curator for member exhibitions at the National Basketry Organization’s annual conference. Her work is held in private collections.
