Second Life | CSI Project Space

SECOND LIFE : All Women Exhibition

Work made by women with repurposed materials. The Chicago-based women artists exhibiting are Laurie LeBreton, Jill King, Bobbi Meier, Deirdre Colgan Jones.

These four women sculptors all work primarily with repurposed materials, giving them a second life. Mining the waste stream these artists transform what is normally seen as ephemeral, temporary, valueless or disposable into works that transcend materiality, and ultimately challenge our cultural conditioning. When “climate change” has become “climate crisis”, our individual actions matter more than ever.

3D4D Conversations

Artists will share their concepts, concerns and process in a Collector’s Circle 3D4D conversation at the closing of the exhibition November 5, 5-6pm

Opening Reception: October 8, 6-9pm

Exhibition dates: October 8 - November 5, 2021

3D4D Conversations with Collector’s Circle: November 5, 5-6pm

Jill King

Sub Rosa, Welded steel rods Sewn fabric coated with acrylic medium
5'10''H x 30''W x 20''D

Laurie LeBreton

Heraldry Number One (For the Ancestors) – red and yellow with frame of
aluminum cans
Handmade abaca paper, felt marker, aluminum cans
74” x 26”

Solace (for Pablo) (2017) – multi-colored with plastic mesh
Handmade abaca paper, plastic mesh, acrylic paint
84” x 20”

Instructions for a Ritual, Number Two – large with lots of different items
60” x 24” x 2”
Handmade abaca paper, textiles, plastic mesh bags, aluminum cans, embroidery floss,
found objects

Bobbi Meier

Sunday Dinners - Fashionista (L), Loose Lips (R)

Repurposed, salvaged materials mounted on oval-shaped canvas
20" x 16" x 4"

Deidre Colgan Jones

Totem Towers, Found plastic containers, grey automotive spray paint, industrial adhesive