Wawawai Canyon Winery

Parts
Watercolor on Paper
2010
Io Palmer

In Three Parts

Wawawai Canyon Winery is pleased to present the works of mixed-media artist, Io Palmer. Her exhibition, In Three Parts is a collection of mixed-media work created from 2008 to 2010 that explore issues and ideas related to labor, class construction, and the effects this has on personal and social identity. Palmer's work will be on display from September 9th through October 17th.

A reception will be held Thursday, September 16th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Meet the artist and enjoy a delightful evening of live music, light appetizers and complimentary wine tasting.

"I use drawing, photography, ceramics, and fabric to produce conceptual objects and mixed-media installations that explore the ephemeral substances of social culture. Headdress, hair and uniform are tropes created to depict the tensions between the domains of the imagination and the public performances of identity.

The physical labor needed to produce my work parallels the energy needed to critique mass cultural forces in order to carve out one's individual identity. My work points to the symbiotic relationship between public society and private identity. Being enveloped within this creative space , viewers are offered the possibilities of considering the symbolism my work evokes and provokes.

My work offers both a thought-space and an open-ended critique meant to propel participants into new forms of imaginative (and literal) space that plays with history, gender, race and expression. These created objects can propel an act, a performance or an expressive movement."

For more information about the artist, visit: http://iopalmer.com