Join us on Saturday, October 16 for Artists’ Table Brunch featuring a special tour of the exhibition, Toni Ross: Finding Beauty in a Dark Place. The artist’s presentation will be followed by a farm-to-table meal sourced from East End farmers and producers.
Please note that all Artists’ Table attendees will be required to present proof of vaccination prior to entry. For a full list of COVID Safety Guidelines, please click here.
About The Exhibition
Finding Beauty in a Dark Place is a meditation on this troubled time. Created over a span of eight months, from 2020 to 2021, Finding Beauty consists of fifty-two individual weavings of wool, cotton, linen, and silk, assembled as one. It charts the course of the COVID-19 virus throughout the United States. From Maine to Alaska, measuring eighteen feet in length, Finding Beauty’s composition speaks to the indecipherable chaos of this seemingly unending time, as well as the promise of order implied by published daily statistics. The beauty of the graphs belies the pain, fear, and sadness wrought by the virus, but also speaks to the unexpected beauty, deepened relationships, and newly discovered pathways forward. Finding Beauty reveals an inherent duality in the daily charting of COVID-19, highlighting the contrasts and similarities within our country, our connectedness, and our isolation.
Finding Beauty in a Dark Place tells a story about the United States that is both seared in memory and seemingly without end. As the artist’s son said many months ago, “remember when it was only two weeks?”
About The Artist
Toni Ross is a conceptual artist using time-honored material and site-responsive installation to explore themes of political and social distress. Born and raised in New York City, Toni attended Wesleyan University where she studied ceramics and fine art, graduating with a BA in Film Studies. Her practice embraces fiber, installation, sculpture, and works on paper. Toni has participated in artist residencies as a Yaddo Fellow and at The Watermill Center. Recent works include In Light Of at The Leiber Collection in Springs, NY; Today Cannot Be Tomorrow (2020) at C.A.R.E. Ltd, When (2020) for Drive By Art, Sanctuary Entwined (2017-18) at Longhouse Reserve in East Hampton; Found Lines (2018) at the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, MA; April 13 (2016) at the Parrish Art Museum; and Permanent Transience (2016) for the Parrish Road Show. Toni is also a member of the artist collective No W here. Toni Ross lives and works in Manhattan and Wainscott, NY.
Additional Information
This is event is rain or shine. If a rain date is necessary, we will announce it the preceding Monday.
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