Group Show: Text/Texture
April 25 @ 12:00 pm - May 31 @ 5:00 pm
Free
PATRICIA GUTHRIE, JILL MCLENNAN, CHRISTINE MEURIS
The Back Room Gallery at Mercury Twenty
Christine Meuris’ textiles are examples of both overshot weaving, in which a contrasting pattern thread is interwoven with the structural plain weave threads as well as inlay in which areas of pattern are placed only where the weaver wants them. Patricia Guthrie hand dyes and prints text onto her fabrics to create improvisational quilts without preconceived patterns or drawings. Jill McLennan’s narrative series “Migration” includes linoleum prints accompanied by letterpress printed text haikus, which enhance the telling of the stories depicted in the prints.
Gallery Hours: Friday and Saturday, 12 – 5 pm (and by appointment)
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 26, 3 – 5 pm
Oakland Art Murmur / First Friday: May 2, 5 – 9 pm
Image: From Left to Right, up to down Jill McLennan, Luna Story, Linoleum Print with letterpress text, 16” x 13”, 2025. Patricia Guthrie, LETTERS, 72″ x 52”, Christine Meuris, Detail of Overshot and Inlay, two 60” x 24” panels. Hand woven cotton, 2024.
