Susan Allred

OPEN NOW Antifunction at the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum

Antifunction at Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum

Exhibition
September 13 — December 1, 2024
Location
South Gallery
Exhibition Statement
B. Jean Larson and Susan Allred's artistic processes are repetitive and meditative, and as such, they reflect on traditionally undervalued "women's work,” reimagining labor-intensive crafts that are typically seen as merely decorative or functional. By transforming everyday items like rugs and quilts into non-functional sculptures, they create visually captivating and conceptually profound artworks that challenge the distinction between craft and fine art.
Image is a detail of the new work Mrs. Atlas Shrugged
Photo by: Summer Raine Young

Antifunction

Antifunction

Split: Threads of Fracture and Connection

Split: Threads of Fracture and Connection

Walking Skirts at ASU Ceramics Research Center

Walking Skirts at ASU Ceramics Research Center

Chronic

Chronic

Between Promise and Execution

Between Promise and Execution

Salvage

Salvage

Hold Over Flow

Hold Over Flow

Invitation to a Tea Party

Invitation to a Tea Party

Unequally Yoked

Unequally Yoked

How Does Your Armor Grow?

How Does Your Armor Grow?

Lucy

Lucy

Bound

Bound

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@bjeanlarson and I did interviews about our work in "Antifunction," now in its last two weeks at @mesaartscenter. See the link in my bio. Our work uses traditional craft techniques to create obejcts that reference the invisibility of women'

OPENING Sept 13, from 7–10 pm
at Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum
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I just put the finishing touches on "Antifunction," my two-person show at the MAC, with @bjeanlarson. I am thrilled to be in B. Jean's company, along

I'm giving an artist's talk tomorrow night at @hdsouthgilbert. So if you missed the opening of my new solo exhibition, called “Split: Threads of Fracture and Connection” last week, here's your chance to see the exhibition and ask question

Ya’ll remember all those posts I’ve made over the past few years about the fantastic exhibitions at Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum? Well tonight I got to see two of my pieces here for the 45th Annual Contemporary Crafts exhibition. It&rsqu

I was thrilled to get two pieces accepted for the 45th Annual Contemporary Crafts exhibition at @mesaartscenter. Here are some detail shots. The first one is from "Unequally Yoked," a piece that explores the church's view of marriage. The s