Jacqueline Surdell: Adoration Garden

August 25 – December 9, 2023

Scrappy and interpretive, Jacqueline Surdell hand-manipulates dock cord — weaving and knotting the line into naturalistic, sculptural installations that are antagonistically positioned between the human body and sculpture. The industrial material and physically demanding process playfully orbit techniques, colors and forms associated with domesticity. The works trace the artist’s family history and private life while fostering discussion around labor, gender and sexuality. Surdell’s AEIVA exhibition, Adoration Garden, explores memory and time as material — transforming the gallery into a space of play, contemplation, power, drive and creation.