KARELLE LEVY
Oh, The Tangled Webs We Weave…
February 13 – March 6, 2010
Reception: February 13, 7-10 pm
In the project room, Karelle Levy’s site-specific installation, Oh, the Tangled Webs We Weave, examines the tortuous connections we cultivate. Unlike a traditional spider’s web constructed in ever-widening circles, Levy meticulously shredded her hand-knit fabrics to create a web that reveals a non-linear entanglement of experiences. Similar to its counterpart in nature, Levy’s web is gossamer and oftentimes so delicate as to be invisible. The space will go from illumination to complete darkness, causing threads to shift their hues and creating a labyrinthine three-dimensionality; this dichotomy fashions new notions of interconnectivity, both socially and spatially.
Acclaimed for her Miami-based knitwear line, KRELwear and traveling performance project, KREL 2 go, Karelle Levy was born in Paris, and raised in Miami. She studied textile design at Rhode Island School of Design, which led to knitting fabrics as wearable art and costumes. Karelle Levy’s work has been seen in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar en Español, among many others.
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