Now on View: “New Domestics”

Franconia Sculpture Park is pleased to present “New Domestics”, the inaugural exhibition in the Mardag Gallery @ Franconia Commons curated by Franconia’s Executive Director & Chief Curator Ginger Shulick Porcella. This group exhibition explores themes of domesticity in contemporary art, blurring the lines between functional art, craft, and high and lowbrow art forms. Using the gallery as a platform to contemplate interiors and their intimate relationship to art and design, “New Domestics” celebrates artists from across the globe while examining the depth and breadth of sculpture as an expansive and diverse medium in dialogue with drawing and mark-making. Residing somewhere between the melancholy and celebration of homely obligation, the artists in this exhibition underscore a return to domesticity in the time of COVID-19.

Participating Artists: Allison Baker, Emma Beatrez, Beth Campbell, Christopher Chiappa, Hannah Epstein, Rose Eken, Mark Jay Freedman, Al Freeman, Nassem Navab, Jolie Ngo, Lee Noble

“New Domestics” opened in the Mardag Gallery at Franconia Commons on September 26, 2020. The exhibition will be by appointment only through December 31, 2020, and available to view the final weekend January 2 & 3, 2021 from 10am-4pm. To make your appointment, call 651-257-6668 or email info@franconia.org.