Sour Curtain / The Blues room
SOUR CURTAIN
- Everything is just wonderful, thank you for asking
L'Space Gallery, Solo exhibition, Chelsea New York, 2023
Through the use of bold language, Hankaniemi confronts the viewer with the unrealistic expectations imposed on women to perform laborious domestic activities with a smile. "Sour Curtain" is the vessel for a quiet tantrum, all the while keeping up appearances.
SOUR THOUGHTS sewing action
Visitors were invited to contribute a "cathartic" word to be embroidered live.
380 words were submitted.
Hand-embroidery
Hundreds of sour and swearwords hand -embroidered onto curtain
2023
2023