Catch & Release @ LxWxH Gallery & March Subscription

LxWxH is curated by Sharon Arnold (AR '06). The gallery is open every second Saturday for the art walk and by appointment.

Catch & Release - Jana Brevick, Dorothy Cheng, Kimber Leblicq, and Tara Brannigan

Catch and Release is a group show about sculpture and the body, featuring pieces that might be extremely uncomfortable, impractical, or impossible to wear. The inspiration behind this collection of work was to play on the idea that jewelry can create a kind of armor, whether actual or psychological, or that it is used as a sort of plumage to display wealth or power. Often, the collection will demonstrate the tension between opposites: attraction/repellent, caress/recoil, fragile/indestructible, natural/synthetic, and so on. The title plays on the function of jewelry's hardware, utilizing some sort of hook or clasp; while encapsulating the concept of the show.

LxWxH Subscription Project

Artist: Claire Johnson & Joey Bates
Writer: Mimi Allin
Price: $225

March is the first of the quarterly curated box sets, titled de/Construct, and features small paintings of displacement and catastrophe by Joey Bates and Claire Johnson, and writing by Mimi Allen.

New for LxWxH this year is a beautiful set of one-of-a-kind unique vintage cedar boxes handmade by Steve Leroux of Ruby Pear Woodworks titled "Fences Have Faces". Each box is crafted from repurposed cedar fencing and polished with oil to bring out a beautiful color.

March's LxWxH subscription will be available beginning Friday, 1 March, and a launch party will be held at Vermillion Gallery and Bar, date TBA. Buyers interested in purchasing this box will be able to do so via the website, or at the gallery in Georgetown (open by appointment).