Blanche Nettles Powers

Exhibition details:

On View: June 6 - August 17, 2024

Opening Reception: Thursday, June 6th from 6 to 8:30pm 

Laney Contemporary is pleased to present Percolate, a solo exhibition of new work by Savannah-based artist Blanche Nettles Powers. To percolate is to process, to deliberate, to consider. It is also to slowly drip, to gradually accumulate, and to consciously filter through previous iterations. Through percolation, we might understand a new set of conditions with fresh awareness. In Nettles Powers’ subtle and complex compositions each new layer accrues, filtering through previous layers and through the texture of the linen. This technique reminds us that canvas is fibrous. It is a grid and a surface, but also textile connecting threads, lines, pigment, and energy. From a distance, compositions appear monochromatic. Upon closer examination, solid surfaces give way to patient details and a rewarding sense of color and line. Lines drip and interlace, ripple and gather, as traces of energy travel in craggy, horizontal and vertical directions, all guided by gravity. These lines create a subtle grid, prompting a notion of fabric’s warp and weft construction. The selection will include a changing installation of live Spanish moss woven into a copper grille, inviting us to recognize the power of nature as a creative partner.

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