Join artist Karen Azoulay in a collaborative workshop and toilet paper party! Azoulay will instruct participants in the craft of transforming the most disposable of all household products into a unique and everlasting work of art.
Toilet paper will be hand-stitched into wrist cuffs reminiscent of the elaborate neck ruffs seen in 16th-century Dutch portrait paintings. Once each design is complete, the newly decorated hands of each participant will then be photographed wearing their creations. These hand portraits will later be compiled by Azoulay and used to create a new artwork in her ethereal series Constellation Leo.
Karen Azoulay is a visual artist based in New York City. Solo exhibitions include 'Fire Tale', curated by Joseph R. Wolin at Four Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, 2007; 'Wading Under a Crackling Sky', curated by Glenn Ligon at CUE Art Foundation in New York City (2007); and 'The Evening Canopy and the Sunset Hour' at Mercer Union in Toronto (2006). Her work has been included in group shows at the Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY; Stichting, Eindhoven, Netherlands; Hanna Gallery, Tokyo; Art & Idea, Mexico City; Galerie Kunstbuero, Vienna, and White Columns, New York among others.
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