“along the lines of—“ brings together new and existing works created during Berny Tan’s decade-long exploration of hand embroidery.
Presented under our [ h e a r t h ] programme, the show will run from 12-20 August 2023. The solo exhibition curated by Kirti Upadhyaya presents Tan’s conceptual engagement with the medium, drawing connections between systems of abstract mark-making and exercises in text.
Deliberately sidestepping the conventional image and pattern-making techniques associated with needlework, Tan’s embroidery practice emphasises the repetitive process of stitching, one that can be simultaneously meditative and tedious, intimate and methodical.
With strategies grounded in the textual, embroidery is, for her, a means of slowing down and expanding the acts of thinking, reading, and writing; a way of giving shape to language.
Venue: Art Outreach, 5 Lock Road, #01-06, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 108933
When: 12 - 20 Aug 2023,
By: Art Outreach
