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October 2024

Mending Fences: Artists Natale Adgnot Tegan Brozyna Roberts exhibit new textile artworks at Gallery 1923

Artworks: (Left) Tegan Brozyna Roberts, Blonduos VI, 2019, Painted paper, thread, wood and nails on wood panel, 18 x 12 in, (Right) Natale Adgnot, Magpie Feathers, 2024, Acrylic and enamel, tulle, wire on thermoplastic and panel 10 x 10 x 3.75 in

New York, NY – Artists Natale Adgnot and Tegan Brozyna Roberts present new textile artworks in the two-person exhibition Mending Fences at Gallery 1923, on view November 8 – 17, 2024, with an opening reception on November 8th, 6-8 pm. 

In Mending Fences, Adgnot and Brozyna Roberts use textile art to conceptually and materially explore how to pay better attention to one’s surroundings and look for ways to repair frayed relationships. The title of the exhibition references both artists’ use of thread, Brozyna Roberts’ explorations of overlooked details in everyday surroundings like worn layers of paint that accumulate on fences and other objects in the built environment, and Adgnot’s work that cautions against the human tendency to rush to judgment instead of looking for pathways to connect.

Recently described in Whitehot Magazine as “pushing the boundaries of perception,” Adgnot’s fiber sculptures are becoming recognized for their conceptual ingenuity and evocative use of materials. These fiber sculptures use versatile materials like thermoplastic, horsehair and cotton muslin to create textures, forms and surfaces that underscore the unique cultural expressions of textiles. 

Brozyna Roberts’ dimensional paper collages explore the artist’s relationship to the environment not as a replica of a physical place but rather an expression of it. Coming from a lineage of seamstresses, her work borrows the structure and language of weaving and references ideas of healing and repair in new woven emotional landscapes. 

Mending Fences will be on view at Gallery 1923, a new art gallery focused on fiber arts on the edge of Greenwood Heights and South Slope. The gallery’s programming is aligned with improv house music concerts as part of the gallery’s Prospect Series. There will be a Prospect Series concert on November 15th. 

Exhibition Details

Exhibition dates: Nov. 8 – 17
Opening reception: Nov. 8th, 6-8pm
Prospect Series Concert: Nov. 15th at 8pm with gallery hours from 6-9pm
Open by appointment

Gallery 1923
1923 8th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215

About Natale Adgnot 

Natale Adgnot is a Franco-American artist who uses abstract sculpture and installation to explore cognitive bias and logical fallacy. Best known for wall sculptures made of painted thermoplastic adhered perpendicularly onto panels, she increasingly incorporates a variety of materials that are emblematic of her personal history into her work.

Adgnot earned a BFA in graphic design in Texas and studied fashion in Paris. Her experience making garments for haute couture runways led her to focus on sculpture. While living in Tokyo, she began using thermoplastic (an artist-grade shrink plastic) to work three-dimensionally.

She has been featured in solo and two-person exhibitions in New York, Toronto and Tokyo. Group exhibitions include SPRING/BREAK, “Black & White” at BWAC juried by Jenée-Daria Strand of the Brooklyn Museum, and “Sacred Pause, Sacred Fertilizer” at the Nevelson Chapel. Adgnot is also the owner and director of the seasonal art gallery N/A Project Space and a co-director of Underdonk Gallery in New York City. She lives and works in Brooklyn and New Paltz, New York.

Website: https://www.nataleadgnot.com 
Instagram: @natale_adgnot

About Tegan Brozyna Roberts 

Tegan Brozyna Roberts (b. 1984) was born in Schenectady, NY, and currently lives and works in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. She received a MFA from Brooklyn College where she was a Graduate Teaching Fellow as well as a recipient of the Dean’s Award in Art. Brozyna Roberts has exhibited nationally and internationally including group shows at Heather Gaudio Fine Art (Greenwich, CT); Textile Arts Center (Brooklyn, NY); The Invisible Dog Center (Brooklyn, NY); Ground Floor Gallery (Brooklyn, NY); and Icelandic Textile Center (Blönduós, Iceland), where she was a resident artist. Solo exhibitions include those at Established Gallery (Brooklyn, NY); Material Exhibitions (Chicago, IL); and the Philadelphia International Airport (Philadelphia, PA). Art fairs include Art on Paper New York, Art Miami, Seattle Art Fair and the Affordable Art Fair. In 2019, Brozyna Roberts participated in Meta Open Arts (formerly Facebook AIR), which culminated in a permanent installation at Facebook’s New York office. Her work has been included in publications such as Artsy, CREATE! Magazine, I Like Your Work, Two Coats of Paint and Hyperallergic.

Website: https://teganmbrozyna.com 
Instagram: @tmbrozynar