Summer/Fall Project Space Exhibition | Molly JF Caldwell: With One Hand Tied Behind My Back

Monday, June 14th, 2021
Until 10 October Artist Talk: Molly JF Caldwell - Thursday 5 August, 6pm This site-specific installation is a love letter to Penelope, a mythical figure from Homer’s Odyssey. Piously waiting for her husband to return from the Trojan War, Penelope repeatedly wove, unraveled, and rewove a tapestry to avoid her scores of suitors. Through her own textile-based practice, Caldwell considers multiple readings of Penelope’s labour; is it an utterance of her autonomy and power, or a visual manifestation of her subservience? With One Hand Tied Behind My Back reflects Caldwell’s ongoing research on the complexities and contradictions of labour, care, gender, and sexuality.

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Installation view of Molly JF Caldwell's exhibition With "One Hand Tied Behind My Back," June 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Installation view of Molly JF Caldwell's exhibition "With One Hand Tied Behind My Back," June 2021. Photo by: John Dean.
Molly JF Caldwell, photo by: Chelsea Yang-Smith.