Hang Then Decay Terrace London, UK Opened September 25. Remains on view until it disappears (see below). My work Untitled (Shirts and Shoulder Harness Quilt) is currently exhibited in Terrace’s exhibit Hang Then Decay. Since 2004 I have been creating experimental quilts from cast-off, discarded, collected, worn, and forgotten clothing, primarily t-shirts. These pieces are sewn together into a collage of textures, forms, and images based on both color field geometric abstraction as well as pop iconography, graffiti, and consumer culture. The work selected here was created from fabrics found in the industrial area near my studio, a decayed and stressed shoulder harness worn after a bicycle accident, as well as a variety of sheets and shirts that I and others have worn, loaned, and loved. A center hole block allows the wall to show throw as another textured surface in the collaged quilt. While the piece remains on view outside, the fabric will continue to decay, droop, display running colors, and otherwise react to the weather and environment. The photo above shows the piece prior to being placed in the exhibit. During the tenure of the show, the work will be shown outside, exposed to elements, and will slowly be transformed into a different version of itself. The exhibition will remain in the space, exposed to the elements and pieces will be shifted, faded, broken, rotted, and disappeared.

Hang Then Decay
Terrace London, UK
Opened September 25. Remains on view until it disappears (see below).

My work Untitled (Shirts and Shoulder Harness Quilt) is currently exhibited in Terrace’s exhibit Hang Then Decay. Since 2004 I have been creating experimental quilts from cast-off, discarded, collected, worn, and forgotten clothing, primarily t-shirts. These pieces are sewn together into a collage of textures, forms, and images based on both color field geometric abstraction as well as pop iconography, graffiti, and consumer culture. The work selected here was created from fabrics found in the industrial area near my studio, a decayed and stressed shoulder harness worn after a bicycle accident, as well as a variety of sheets and shirts that I and others have worn, loaned, and loved. A center hole block allows the wall to show throw as another textured surface in the collaged quilt. While the piece remains on view outside, the fabric will continue to decay, droop, display running colors, and otherwise react to the weather and environment. The photo above shows the piece prior to being placed in the exhibit. During the tenure of the show, the work will be shown outside, exposed to elements, and will slowly be transformed into a different version of itself. The exhibition will remain in the space, exposed to the elements and pieces will be shifted, faded, broken, rotted, and disappeared.

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Lee Tusman is a multidisciplinary curator and artist at the nexus between urban, socially-based art practices and traditional visual art media. Tusman is Curator of the Riverside Art Museum and an active artist in Southern California and beyond. Tusman serves as Director/Driver of Vanagallery, a mobile art space operating out of a 1987 Volkswagen Vanagon. Tusman’s work is cross-disciplinary, playful, informed by DIY culture, participatory and collaborative.

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