These arresting works are part of a pop-up exhibition in a $7-million (U.S.) model home at 181 Fremont, an 800-foot tower in San Francisco. “Each work speaks to racial equity, justice or colonialism in some way,” art adviser Holly Baxter told the Star. There, large black and gold chains, in artist Angela Hennessy’s work titled “Bling,” evoke the chains used in the transatlantic slave trade. The dramatic carpet, whose “eyes in chains” design links back to “Bling,” is one of the home’s five “gorgeous” custom rugs hand-knotted in Nepal, said McMillan. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...

Source: thestar September 15, 2020 12:56 UTC