Sheila Hicks: Secret Structures, Looming Presence
Dallas Museum of Art
30 June 2019 – 12 January 2020
Sheila Hicks, ‘Secret Structures, Looming Presence’, 2020, exhibition view, Dallas Museum of Art. Courtesy: Dallas Museum of Art; photo: Markus Wörgötter
Sheila Hicks, ‘Secret Structures, Looming Presence’, 2020, exhibition view, Dallas Museum of Art. Courtesy: Dallas Museum of Art; photo: Markus Wörgötter
Sheila Hicks, Cluny, 2010. Courtesy: © Sheila Hicks
Alison Jacques Gallery is pleased to announce that the Dallas Museum of Art will open a solo exhibition of works by Sheila Hicks in June 2019.
‘Secret Structures, Looming Presence’ will be exhibited in the Dallas Museum of Art’s Atrium Overlook and in the Arts of the Americas Andean gallery in a special exhibition illuminating how the contemporary artist’s practice has been inspired by the weaving traditions of indigenous artisans from Latin America. ‘Secret Structures, Looming Presence’ pairs works from the Museum’s collection of ancient Andean art with a selection of Hicks’ loom-woven, wrapped, twisted, and knotted fibreworks, offering a fresh examination of textile traditions through time.
Born in Nebraska and based in Paris since 1964, over the course of her six-decade career Hicks has lived and worked extensively in Mexico, Peru, Chile, and other countries in South America and around the world. Hicks became interested in ancient Andean art as a student at the Yale University School of Art and Architecture, where she researched ancient Andean textiles for her master’s thesis.
‘Secret Structures, Looming Presence’ is a collaboration between the Arts of the Americas and Contemporary Art departments, led by Ellen and Harry S. Parker III Assistant Curator Michelle Rich and Hoffman Family Senior Curator Anna Katherine Brodbeck, respectively.