Uncommon Goods at Willow Street Gallery

Iron Paintings No. 6 by Damon Arhos

Uncommon Goods | Willow Street Gallery
January 31 - March 1, 2020
Opening Reception: 6-8pm on Friday, January 31

The Willow Street Gallery is pleased to present Uncommon Goods, an exhibition of work from three local DMV artists and one former resident who incorporate the use of everyday objects in their creative practice.

The artists featured - Damon Arhos,  Sarah Irvin, Nicole Salimbene, and Olivia Tripp Morrow - transform household objects into complex and beautiful works of art. By changing the use or physical attributes of these everyday, readymade objects, the artists in Uncommon Goods invite us to interpret new ways of looking at the commonplace. These works challenge the viewer to consider the range and depth capable of the humble, utilitarian objects that surround us. 

Damon Arhos created his Iron Paintings by dripping paint over irons onto wood. Through this act, Arhos revisits the iron’s place as a household appliance into a tool akin to an artist’s brush or pallette knife. He also subverts the iron’s traditional gender coding and association with women’s work. The artist invites the viewers to ask, can an object transcend from appliance to a means of conceptual self-expression?

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