Join us to welcome textile artist Anjuli Bernstein to the Colony roster with her exhibition Fleeting Gestures, a debut of her newest woven works. We first encountered Anjuli through our consultation program and recognized her as a gifted technical weaver with immense artistic potential. We have had the privilege of providing mentorship throughout the development of Fleeting Gestures over the last six months and encouraging all of Anjuli’s most romantic impulses. From our very first studio visit, we have been enchanted with her inspirations as if they were our own. From the repeating perforations on a seashell to a sense of vast geological time, each artwork in the presented collection is imbued with a poetic viewpoint.

Celebrate the ephemerality captured in Fleeting Gestures by pausing to reflect alongside it. We hope you’ll gather with us on Thursday, June 11th to view Anjuli Bernstein’s weavings in person.

This Thursday we open Weight & Wonder, a presentation of new work from Sarah Sherman Samuel in celebration of her first monograph. Sarah’s latest work stays true to the organic material and forms that define her collection. Her Stone Pop Pop table, inspired by an earlier wood version crafted by her father, has already stolen our hearts. 

Join us this Thursday to toast her new collection and snag a signed copy of her monograph, The Intersection of Art and Design. Hope to see you there!

WEIGHT & WONDER
THURSDAY, MAY 14 | 6:00-9:00pm

Director Annie Baker’s Janet Planet follows a single mother and her eleven year old daughter over the course of a summer in rural Massachusetts. The film is a meditative study of its two central characters set against an atmospheric collage of early 90’s New Age spiritualism. 

Inspired by the the woods of New England and the film’s depiction of home, we’ve pulled together a selection of material-forward work from our collection. 

Founded in 2013 by Otis Ingrams, OTZI is a London-based design studio not only prioritizing heritage, but moving it forward. Natural materials are honed by a team of artisans into forms that honor the trees, forests and fields they once inhabited. Traditional saddlery and leatherwork inform modern technique to create meticulously-crafted objects brimming with integrity. 

Otis speaks to OTZI’s materials, saying “leather has such a richness, depth and timelessness because it is one our oldest materials; it has traveled and lived with us as people since almost the start of our journey on earth. It reflects our lives through wear and patina in a way similar to wood and as such we pair it with timber on many of our pieces. It wants to be lived with and used, over the years you only grow to love it more.”

Here we’ve highlighted the Mochi Easy chair, an armless lounge which holds its own alone or in a pair. Leather strapping slots through the Mochi’s backrest, harmonizing a relationship between wood and leather which speaks to the entirety of OTZI’s collection. Cording wraps the seat frame to support plush cushions upholstered in either heavyweight linen, vegetable-tanned leather or shearling. Like every piece of furniture made by OTZI’s artisans, the Mochi Easy Chair is meant to be lived with.