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VIEW FILES: Cloth Books of Wonder and Protest by Maureen McNeil
Date
April 15 – May 28, 2023Artist
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VIEW FILES: Cloth Books of Wonder and Protest by Maureen McNeil
KING LEAR, hand-made book, ink on cotton
KING LEAR, hand-made book, ink on cotton
KING LEAR, hand-made book, ink on cotton
NEW YORK TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, Hand-made book, ink on cotton
NEW YORK TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, Hand-made book, ink on cotton
NEW YORK TRAINING SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, Hand-made book, ink on cotton
NAKASENDO WAY, hand-made book, ink on cotton
NAKASENDO WAY, hand-made book, ink on cotton
NAKASENDO WAY, hand-made book, ink on cottong
VOICES FROM THE STOOP, hand-made book, ink on cotton
VOICES FROM THE STOOP, hand-made book, ink on cotton
About the exhibition
VIEW FILES:
Cloth Books of Wonder and Protest
by Maureen McNeil
April 15 – May 28, 2023
Drawers 1 - 3:
King Lear, 2018, hand-made book, ink on cotton
- A pictorial telling of Shakespeare’s tragedy, emphasizing Shakespeare’s intentional reading of the play. It was created as a protest against patriarchy.
Drawers 4 - 6:
New York Training School for Girls, 2019, hand-made book, ink on cotton
- A joint project with Luz Muniz, about her wrongful incarceration as a teen, from 1964-1966. The hand-stitched saddle shoe on the cover is Luz’s symbol of injustice.
Drawers 7 – 8:
Nakasendo Way, 2019, hand-made book, ink on cotton
- A collection of haikus, written while walking 65 miles on the ancient road between Kyoto and Tokyo in 2019. It celebrates the wonder of Japanese storytelling.
Drawers 9 – 10:
Voices from the Stoops, 2020, hand-made book, ink on cotton
- A project that brings back the words of writers who once lived in Brooklyn Heights as a way to protest the 2020 proposed Brooklyn promenade tear-down.
