Red Thread: solo show opens in London, UK, Oct 3
Red Thread: a solo show by Jacqueline Nicholls
Red Gate Gallery, 209a Coldharbour Lane, London SW9 8RU
Sunday 3rd October – 17th October 2004
Private view: Sunday 3rd October 5:30pm onwards with music from artists featured in Jacqueline's work
Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 2pm – 6pm
Transport: Thameslink to Loughborough Junction or bus 35, 45, or 345 from Brixton
Presented by YaD Arts
For more information and images go to www.yadarts.com
Superstition, music and sacred text collide in "Red Thread", a series of works by artist Jacqueline Nicholls. Embroidered red thread weaves together Hebrew text and images of the flowing movement of musicians including Brixton's Alabama 3, layering notions of individuality and the "other" in Nicholls' delicate work. Jacqueline sat on the stage and sketched the musicians as they performed. She depicts these vibrant pulsating musicians, overlaid upon the ancient written text, so that the work brims with energy and alludes to the red thread's fluttering symbolism of life in Middle Eastern culture and Kabbalah.