Megan Robinson

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Acaye Kerunen Advocates for Sustainability Through Textiles

3 weeks ago | artandobject.com | Megan Robinson

Installation view, Acaye Kerunen: Neena, aan uthii, 15 January – 22 February 2025, Pace Gallery, London. Kerunen’s beautifully designed textile installation pieces–created from components meticulously crafted by community weavers, who are mostly women and artisans–center art making and environmental connection, while subverting and deconstructing attitudes about fine art versus craft, colonialism, racism, and sexism.
Kiah Celeste’s Found Objects Romanticize Mundanity

1 month ago | artandobject.com | Megan Robinson

Antebellum Pink, 2024, Fabric and Industrial Wool, 14 H x 38 W x 38 D in., 36 H x 95 W x 95 D cm. Combining discarded housewares and industrial waste such as coffee mugs, CDs, steel pipes, and spandex in unusual and unlikely ways, Celeste investigates the connections between humans and the environment. She draws visual parallels between vertebrae and coffee cups, sea shells and spandex, creating compelling new realities that seem strangely new and familiar.
Fabiola Jean-Louis on the Language of Fashion

1 month ago | artandobject.com | Megan Robinson

Photo of Fabiola Jean-Louis Megan D Robinson: You have become known for your haute couture sculptural creations. What drew you to work with fashion as a medium? Fabiola Jean-Louise: Fashion, to me, is a language—one that communicates without words, carrying with it the power to exalt, to conceal, to declare. I was drawn to it not simply as adornment, but as a vessel of historical memory and resistance.
A Multimedia Art Talk with Jim Shrosbree

2 months ago | artandobject.com | Megan Robinson

Photo of Jim Shrosbree Shrosbree has exhibited nationally and internationally, with work in many major museums and galleries. He is also an author, and a professor at Maharishi International University. Art & Object sat down with Shrosbree to talk about the evolution of his artistic process. Megan D Robinson: When we last spoke, you’d just received a Guggenheim Fellowship. How has your work evolved since then? JS: That's a big question.
An Art Talk With Fiber Artist Consuelo J. Underwood

2 months ago | artandobject.com | Megan Robinson

Headshot of Consuelo Underwood continues to empower and inspire students, artists, and viewers with her innovative exhibitions, as well as through speaking engagements and outreach programs. Art & Object sat down with the artist to talk about her art and inspirations. Megan D. Robinson: How did you choose textiles and fabric art as your artistic focus? Consuelo J.
Joël Andrianomearisoa’s Miracle Textiles at Almine Rech

Mar 5, 2025 | artandobject.com | Megan Robinson

Portrait of Joël Andrianomearisoa Andrianomearisoa’s solo exhibition, Miracle, opened March 6th at Almine Reich’s Upper East Side gallery and runs through April 19th.
The Must-See Pieces at the ICA Miami | Art & Object

Dec 17, 2024 | artandobject.com | Megan Robinson

A cultural anchor, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) promotes continuous experimentation in contemporary art, advances new scholarship, and fosters the exchange of art and ideas throughout the Miami region and internationally. Launched in 2014, ICA Miami opened its current home in Miami’s Design District in 2017. A critical component of Miami Art Week, the museum also provides an exhibition platform for Miami Art Basel, the major annual international art event.
10 Must-See Pieces From the Extensive CMA Collections

Nov 19, 2024 | artandobject.com | Artemisia Gentileschi Now |Megan Robinson

MuseumNovember 19, 2024 Stag at Sharkey's, 1909. George Bellows (American, 1882–1925). Oil on canvas; framed: 110 x 140.5 x 8.5 cm (43 5/16 x 55 5/16 x 3 3/8 in.); unframed: 92 x 122.6 cm (36 1/4 x 48 1/4 in.). Founded in 1913 “for the benefit of all the people forever,” the Cleveland Museum of Art opened in 1916. With more than 600,000 people visiting each year, the CMA is one of the most visited art museums in the world.
10 Must-See Pieces at Yale University Art Gallery

Sep 5, 2024 | artandobject.com | Megan Robinson

A masterwork in the European Art collection, Night Café by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) depicts the Café de l’Alcazar. An all-night café, it was the haunt of derelicts and prostitutes. Van Gogh deliberately chose his garish color palette to reflect the “terrible passions of humanity,” as he explained in a letter to his brother. Painted with thick brushstrokes, five people sit or slouch at tables grouped along the red walls around a central green billiard table.
Brie Ruais’ Wall Sculptures Evoke the Cyclical Nature of Life

Sep 5, 2024 | artandobject.com | Artemisia Gentileschi Now |Megan Robinson

Brie Ruais [b. 1982] Traveling with the Wind, West, 130lbs, 2024. Glazed stoneware, hardware, 100 x 66 x 4 1/2 inches, 254 x 167.6 x 11.4 cm Deeply influenced by place, Ruais’ work also dialogues with her environment. Bone Dice showcases pieces she created after moving from Brooklyn to New Mexico. This work expresses her new experiences with the desert landscape, and speaks to redirection, vulnerability, birth, and decay.