On View: March 28 - May 6, 2021

Time, No Longer Emptied of Presence uses textiles as a means of reflecting on the invisible architecture of life and the ever-changing universe. The many threads woven together to create fabric represent the connections around us, our relationship with the planet, and the impact of time and space on each individual. Jennifer Printz uses fabric’s pliable nature to present the fluid tendencies of reality. The captured moment of the photograph is printed onto cotton and silks which are then manipulated into three-dimensional forms. The sky folds and twists as it is loosely stitched together into a tenuous shape that may unravel before our eyes, such as the ebb and flow of life.

This series materializes air, expanding and contracting it in space while clouds defy gravity. As the sky spills across the wall or onto the floor, one moment is stitched to another, emphasizing the collection of days that make up a life and the ongoing process of time. This work is also an homage to Printz's past, the time she spent as a child learning to sew with her great-aunt, and the many hours spent at her grandmother's Singer. It allows Printz to travel in time, joining the past with future, using the skills she learned as a child to now expand her studio practice.

Jennifer Printz graduated with a BFA from East Tennessee State University and then completed her Masters of Fine Art in 2001 from The University of Georgia. Since graduation, her creations have been exhibited widely across the US and abroad including recent exhibitions at the Spartanburg Museum of Art, Chroma Gallery, and International Biennale of Prints in Portugal. She has participated in regular residencies in the US, her work is included in a large number of institutional and private collections and has been included in publications as diverse as Tricycle and the Carolina Review.

 

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