Mia Weiner

I hand-stitched the image of a girl floating from a house by a noose as an expression of feeling bound to the home. The image first seems whimsical, but when taking a closer look the violence of the image becomes evident. The conjoined bodies are intimate declarations that explore what a body is, what it means to share a body, and the boundaries of intimacy. The embroideries deal with being bound emotionally and physically to the home, and to the people around us.

Joyce Ellen Weinstein

Moral Turning Point. Linoleum block print and silk screen with collage. 32 x 26 inches. 2010*

This work, from the series “The Blind Leading the Blind”, addresses the issue of the human capacity to live in denial, often bound by the refusal to see what is in front of their eyes (hence the blindfolded images). These self-inflicted blindfolds can bind people more easily into a herd mentality, making it easier to be a follower rather than a leader.

Ingrid Wells

Untitled. Oil on panel. 24 x 24 inches. 2012

Currently I am engaging in the conversation between subtlety and a violent gesture. This exploration has lead me to the painterly sensibilities utilized in Mend, a series of works executed in oil on panel or canvas over panel. These images depict the body suturing itself up in an effort not to lose its phalanges. Saving fingers from slipping away, these blood-red hands say to keep it together. They say that now is not the time to fall apart.