Pam Brown: Bound by Wire and Time At The Arts Center at Duck Creek
The Arts Center at Duck Creek has announced a solo exhibition by Pam Brown, Bound by Wire and Time, will be on display in the Little Gallery from August 22nd through September 27th, with an opening reception on August 22 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Artist Pam Brown constructs skeletal, artifact-like sculptures that are built from wire, sheet metal, and salvaged materials. Inspired by wildlife, extinction, and American history, the forms reference animal and human anatomy. Delicate and sometimes whimsical, they utilize positive and negative space to allow light and air through their open structures.
Her process is deliberate and painstaking. Shapes are cut from sheet metal with scissors and assembled or “darned” together using sewing techniques, with metal and wire standing in for fabric and thread. This approach consciously evokes both domestic craft traditions and early industrial manufacturing, re-contextualizing gendered labor as something corporeal and emblematic, distinct from the heavy-handed conventions of traditional sculpture.