Lucy Picasso at Art Enables

Gertrude Stein's experimental 1914 book of poems, Tender Buttons, contains short, descriptive vignettes composed of surprising verbal juxtapositions aimed to shift our perception of mundane subjects. The writing subverts the familiar, rendering ordinary subjects surprising and alien. Like the book, the group exhibition sudden spoon, a rosy charm borrows the categories "ROOMS," "OBJECTS," and "FOOD" as jumping-off points for organizing its subjects, and considers how the placement of works near each other can change our read of them. Unlike the book, the exhibition also leans on how multiple artists' varied styles and interpretations can do the same.

The exhibition includes work by artists from across the country, including some from other progressive art studios, alongside Art Enables artists: Jotina Ballard (PASC), Daniel Bauman, Jay Bird (Art Enables), Jaqueline Cedar, Calvin “Sonny” Clarke (Art Enables), Jacqueline Coleman (Art Enables), Aaron Cunningham (North Pole Studio), Santina Dionisi (PASC), Lewis Foster (PASC), Mike Knox (Art Enables), Gracelee Lawrence, Helen Lewis (Art Enables), Keith Lewis (Art Enables), Ceej Maples (Art Enables), Matthew Mann, Alsendoe Owens (PASC), Lucy Picasso (Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts), Eileen Schofield (Art Enables), A.T. (Art Enables)

DETAILS

sudden spoon, a rosy charm

November 9, 2024 – January 25, 2025

Art Enables, 2204 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC, 20018

Learn more at art-enables.org/exhibitions.

Image (above): Lucy Picasso, A Picture of a Vase Full of Flowers, 2016, acrylic on paper, 11 x 16 inches.

Image description (above): A painting of a black vase with a single red rose. Some foliage is painted in green and blue beside the rose. The background is painted in pink.