In person / Exhibition / Multiple Techniques
This exhibition begins from the understanding that movement and migration are inherent to life—and that with movement comes exchange, transformation, and the possibility of new forms. How can we leave room to interact with, learn from, and be transformed by beings, traditions, and cultures different from ourselves without being appropriative and extractive? What becomes possible when we embrace polyphony over purity?
Here, boundaries are porous, materials metamorphose and differences are embedded in webs of relationships. Traditions, materials, and textile techniques not usually combined sit side by side, converse, and reshape one another in the process.
In a world shaped by both forced and chosen movement, Syncretism invites reflection on the shared human impulse to create meaning in motion—and on the radical potential of blending, rather than separating, ways of being.
As a part of @newyorktextilemonth. Curated by Romilly Rinck and Jasmin Risk
Wheelchair accessible by elevator.
September 30 - October 2
Open by appointment, email romilly@lacyrd.com
October 3
Opening Reception 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
October 4
11 AM - 9 PM Gallery Open
4 - 6 PM Artists Talk
7 - 8 PM Syncretism Panel Talk
Romilly Rinck is a visual artist, material researcher, and educator based in New York, NY. Working in sculpture and installation, she explores embodied materialities through traditional textile techniques and experimental material processes. Romilly received her MFA in Textiles from Parsons School of Design (2023) and her BA in History of Art and Material Studies from University College London (2015). She has been an artist-in-residence at the NARS Foundation and LMCC's Arts Center Residency in New York. She is currently a part-time faculty member at Parsons School of Design.
Jasmin Risk is a NY-based interdisciplinary artist, writer, and curator. Their work has been exhibited and performed at Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery (NY), The Zetland Basement (UK), Recession Art (Brooklyn), Dixon Place (NY), Dye House 451 (UK), The Glasshouse (NY), and Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Brooklyn), among others. Risk’s work is featured in numerous publications, including Girls Get Busy Zine and Luma Quarterly. Risk earned their BFA in Fine Arts from Parsons in 2016, and their MFA in Textiles at Parsons in 2023. Risk is a recipient of the 2022 MFA Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) scholarship.
Artists:
Noga Cohen @nogie_
Amy Chien @amy_art_architecture
Billy Chen @madbilly114
Charlotte Saint Cullen @_harlotte_ullen
William Takao Eliot @takaomakesthings
Francisco echo Eraso @realityhasbeenpostponed
Sally Kong @sally.jh.kong
Ollie Hongji Li @ollie_must_create
Ingrid Yi-Chen Lu @ingridluuuu
Grace Morenko @grace_morenko
Layla NK @violetmenace
María-Elena Pombo @fragmentario_
Lin Qiqing @qiqing077
Romilly Rinck @rfflowerr
Jasmin Risk @jasminriskstudio
Alex Dolores Salerno @alex_dolores_
Jessica Thies & Lily Behnke @jessicathiesdesigns
Carolina Trinker @carolinatrinker
Theo Trotter @theotrotter
Alya Yersu Toraman @alyadoesthings
Freda Xia @fredaxia
Lelia Bacchi @mariaamaria.art