We are pleased to present an exhibition and artist talk in conjunction with New York Textile Month of artist and makerspace member, Hilla Shapira.
Advanced Protection is a series of soft talismans and wearable objects by Hilla Shapira. She references Jewish iconographic objects like Judika and spiritual objects alongside body parts, genitalia and menstrual pads. Shapira creates a queer point of view on the term God, as a queer woman from a Jewish orthodox background. By redesigning the objects, Shapira reclaim the religious discourse and sexuality taboos. She questions the language hierarchies of blessing and cursing and the binarc separation between organs and gentiles.
ON VIEW September 23- October 24 OPENING RECEPTION September 23 | 6-8 PM ONLINE ARTIST TALK
September 26 | 4-5 PM
FUTUREWORKS MAKERSPACE 140 58TH Street, Building B Brooklyn, NY NEW YORK TEXTILE MONTH 2021