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A WINDOW TO EUROPE: THROUGH ART & LITERATURE
Sobia Ahmad +
Lionel Frazier White III
January 7 - 23, 2022
In these exhibitions, Sobia Ahmad created work in response to French illustrator Laurie Agusti’s book A Night Journey, and Lionel Frazier White III created work in response to Belgium (Flanders) writer Ann De Bode’s book My Street. These exhibitions are a part of A Window to Europe: Through Literature and Art, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who have created work in response to books by European writers, as part of the 2021 Europe Readr project.
A WINDOW TO EUROPE: THROUGH ART & LITERATURE
Stephanie Williams +
Antonio McAfee
December 18, 2021 - January 3, 2022
In these exhibitions, Stephanie Williams creates work in response to Austrian writer Michael Roher’s book Fridolin’s Hair Salon, and Antonio McAfee created work in response to Czech writer Marek Šindelka’s book Aberrant. These exhibitions are a part of A Window to Europe: Through Literature and Art, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who have created work in response to books by European writers, as part of the 2021 Europe Readr project.
A WINDOW TO EUROPE: THROUGH ART & LITERATURE
Emily Fussner +
Antonio McAfee
November 28 - December 14, 2021
In these exhibitions, Emily Fussner created work in response to Italian writer Tiziano Fratus’s book Every Tree is a Poet, and Antonio McAfee created work in response to Czech writer Marek Šindelka’s book Aberrant. These exhibitions are a part of A Window to Europe: Through Literature and Art, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who have created work in response to books by European writers, as part of the 2021 Europe Readr project.
A WINDOW TO EUROPE: THROUGH ART & LITERATURE
Julie Wills +
MK Bailey
November 6 - 22, 2021
In these exhibitions, Julie Wills created work in response to Swedish writer Axel Lindén’s book Every Other Pine, Every Other Fir, and MK Bailey created work in response to Slovenian writer Drago Jančar’s book The Tree with No Name. These exhibitions are a part of A Window to Europe: Through Literature and Art, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who have created work in response to books by European writers, as part of the 2021 Europe Readr project.
A WINDOW TO EUROPE: THROUGH ART & LITERATURE
Michael Thron +
Michal Gavish
October 17 - November 2, 2021
In these exhibitions, Michael Thron created work in response to Portuguese writer Bernardo P. Carvalho’s book Trocoscópio, and Michal Gavish created work in response to Polish writer Julia Fiedorczuk’s book of poetry Psalms. These exhibitions are a part of A Window to Europe: Through Literature and Art, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who have created work in response to books by European writers, as part of the 2021 Europe Readr project.
A WINDOW TO EUROPE: THROUGH ART & LITERATURE
Hoesy Corona +
Alanna Reeves
September 27 - October 13
In these exhibitions, Hoesy Corona created work in response to German writer Lukas Jüliger’s book Unfollow, and Alanna Reeves created work in response to Spanish writer Roser Capdevila’s book La Ciudad (The City). These exhibitions are a part of A Window to Europe: Through Literature and Art, a series of short exhibitions featuring eleven visual artists from the Washington, DC region who have created work in response to books by European writers, as part of the 2021 Europe Readr project.
Ada Pinkston
On Blackness and Beauty Beyond Buildings
July 27 - September 21, 2021
Ada Pinkston’s On Blackness and Beauty Beyond Buildings, was a mixed-media installation that is a meditation on the social, physical, spiritual, and emotional architecture of memory on Georgia Avenue and Chocolate City.
Lee Nowell-Wilson
Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk
May 23 - July 17, 2021
Lee Nowell-Wilson’s Don’t Cry Over Spilt Milk was an autobiographical inquiry into the ambivalent undertones felt within birth, domestic labor, and human relationship.
Nara Park
I Live
March 17 - May 13, 2021
Plain Sight’s second exhibition, I Live, featured work by Nara Park, whose work investigates our relationship to the landscape we inhabit and the imprint we leave in it when we are gone.
Halim A. Flowers
The Revolution Will Be Digitized
January 11 - March 7, 2021
Plain Sight‘s inaugural exhibition The Revolution Will Be Digitized featured work by visual artist and poet Halim A. Flowers. Part visual art piece and part audio performance, Flowers delved into the illumination and obscurity of a revolution in the age of modern-day social media.
Absurdly Well
In 2021, Plain Sight presented a series of installations by the anonymous artist known as Absurdly Well. In lieu of brown paper covering the windows in between exhibitions from January-September 2021, the artist activated the space by showcasing his own large stenciled posters. Works featured text and portraiture referencing politics and social climate pertinent to life in Washington, DC.