TEXTILE WORKS: > 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.