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Radio coverage of Reader’s Art 11

2023-06-08T00:50:45-04:00Exhibition, News, Artists, Art|

Radio coverage of Reader's Art 11Jodi Reeb-Myers and I were interviewed by Jessica Folker of KFAI radio just before the opening of Reader's Art 11. The interview should air next Monday at 7:40 am during the show Takeaway, and either Monday or Wednesday of next week from 7:30-8 pm during the show MinneCulture. The station is at 90.3 pm in Minneapolis and streams live online.Susan Hensel GalleryThe focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space. with hardwood floors and high tin ceilings.In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and largescale artwork that engages. Both sculptural and cultural space. You can find Susan Hensel’s current work at www.SusanHenselProjects.com. The Susan Hensel Gallery is now a large window gallery on Cedar Avenue. The main thoroughfare in south Minneapolis and an online venture represented on Artsy.net.MissionThe focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling [...]

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Michelle Ray: Reader’s Art 12

2023-06-08T00:51:09-04:00Exhibition, Articles, Art|

Michelle Ray: Reader's Art 12 Reader's Art 12: Longing for Home Michelle Ray-Admeasure 2011 Text and image printed from photopolymer plates and linoleum blocks on handmade and Somerset Book papers, edition of 35. The act of naming things creates a sense of overall safety at sea. Like the pilot’s verse that guided sailors through dangerous shoals, Admeasure is about gaining a false sense of control through signifiers. And rituals that guide one through a world that is largely uncontrollable. This book explores the dialectic tension between the dangerous unknown and measure, rules and tradition. While at sea, measurements, maritime law, navigation aids, and other modes of dominance. Through the organization is easily lost to the forces of nature and the psychology of a journey. The content of Admeasure draws from a variety of archetypal journeys including Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Homer’s Odyssey, Bas Jan Ader’s In Search of the Miraculous, and my own time spent in small boats. Reader's Art 12: Longing for Home March 16- April 26, 2012 Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and also engaging sculpture. It is [...]

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Installation is nearly done

2023-06-08T00:51:40-04:00Exhibition, News, Art|

Installation is nearly done Installing My Father's Religion is not difficult, but it is slow and painstaking. It involves wire, tools, plumbing pipe, picture wire, monofilament, a level...and forming, re-forming, frogging and knitting. The day was made much easier by the participation of Mark Carlson. My Father's Religion is showing in conjunction with : Opening Soon: My Father's Religion June 4- July 12 Opening Reception: June 17, 7-9pm Textile Art by Susan Hensel Discover the transformative textile art by Susan Hensel. Susan Hensel is a multidisciplinary artist, with a 50+ year career. She combines a mixed media practice with embroidery across digital and manual platforms. She also makes sculptures and wall art using the colors and techniques of commercial embroidery. These artworks are designed in the computer and stitched out on the computer-aided embroidery machine. The goal is to create an experience for the viewer that overwhelms them with color. And yet transcends every day, encouraging one. For even a few seconds, to step outside the narrative of the ego into a place of pure sensation. Find Susan's Fine Art Hensel’s artwork is known and collected all over the world. It is displayed in collecting libraries and museums. As disparate [...]

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Travels with Leslie

2023-06-08T00:52:26-04:00Articles, News, Art|

Travels with Leslie Leslie Sobel's time in Minneapolis is coming to a close. We had a picnic by the Mississippi River and walked across the Stone Arch Bridge and continued on into the Mill Ruins Park. To observe the archaeological digs preserved for us. Her show runs through the end of the month. Be sure to call to see the work! We will be open Monday's and Friday's, 10-5. We will also be open May 29, 10-4 for the South Minneapolis Wild Wool Market. Be there or be square. Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space. With hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and large scale artwork. This engages both sculptural and cultural space. You can find her current work at www.SusanHenselProjects.com. The Susan Hensel [...]

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Threads and nets and wires…knitting a life

2023-06-08T00:56:23-04:00Articles, News, Art|

Threads and nets and wires...knitting a life As Libbie Soffer's work in ars domestica continues to question the threads of relationship and women's work through the ages... Carolyn Halliday's work picks up the thread and makes it hard and soft at once, knitting in copper wire of various gauges, entangling nature and definitions of body and self. Carolyn will lead a dialog with Libbie Soffer on Friday, May 20, around 7pm, as part of the Mending Circle Soiree that begins at 5pm. Susan Hensel Gallery The focus of Susan Hensel Gallery is on compelling objects, meaningful use of materials, and engaging sculpture. It is a gallery where experimental ideas and works of the hand join to create unique sensory experiences. Opened September 10th, 2004 Susan Hensel Gallery is a gallery/ workspace presenting 5-6 shows per year in an intimate space, with hardwood floors and high tin ceilings. In 2013 the interior space reverted to a working studio for Susan Hensel where she continues to work on small and largescale artwork that engages both sculptural and cultural space. You can find her current work at www.SusanHenselProjects.com.

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