Louise Eastman

 

For Anni, 2016 
Wool and cotton 
36 x 68 inches 
 $4000


 

For Lorraine, 2016
Wool and cotton
36 x 63 inches
$4000

 

Louise Eastman is an artist living and working in New York City. She focuses on weaving and ceramics. For Reservoir, Eastman weaves sets of long, highly detailed pieces on a floor loom, and contrasts them with clay bricks that frame smaller weavings and knit pieces. The work is a continuation of her previous large hand weavings and cast bricks, and reflect the lyricism that comes from an embrace of the tactile, of materiality. Eastman further explores the profound politics of materials and craft traditionally considered trivial, or gender bound.

Eastman received her MFA from Pratt Institute, NY, and has recently shown at Silas Marder Gallery, Russell Janis Gallery. Previously, she received a MacDowell Colony Fellowship.