Liz Miller - Proliferative Calamity

December 8th - February 9th, 2019

Opening reception: 6-9PM Saturday, December 8th

Hawthorn Contemporary is pleased to announce the opening of Proliferative Calamity,

an exhibition featuring Minnesota-based artist Liz Miller. Miller is best known for her

intricate installations made of fabric, rope, paint and mixed media elements.

Dichotomies are played out in abstract fictions that incorporate fragments of reality.

Ornate silhouettes of firearms, killer bees, and deadly plant species are spliced with

invented forms, and layered hybrid patterns are a blend of contradictions: organic

and synthetic shapes commingle, beautiful forms reference violence, and benign

shapes spread to become malignant. Miller will utilize the entirety of Hawthorn to

create a new a site-specific work. At times resembling a non-objective landscape, the

installation builds upon itself, and viewers must navigate the work’s various facets,

becoming actors in what Miller describes as, “a beautiful impossibility.”

Gallery Hours:

11-4PM, Wednesday, Thursday

2-7PM Friday, Saturday

or by appointment

info@hawthorncontemporary.com

https://www.hawthorncontemporary.com