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Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present Bus Stop, a solo exhibition of mixed-media works by Nancy Shaver which she has been developing for nearly four years. The centerpiece of the show will be a massive 49-foot wall covered in a quilt-like fashion by a concentration of Shaver’s signature Blockers, sculptures comprised of wood blocks wrapped in an array of fabrics and configured into colorful grids.
Shaver describes Bus Stop as a gathering of disparate people united in the activity of waiting for a bus. It’s “a grouping of unlikely partners. Cheek by jowl in many cases, a few inches apart in others. All trying to relate, find common ground, respect differences. Enjoy difference. Speaking to and with others. The individual is consumed by the group”. As is frequently the case with Shaver’s installations, Bus Stop invites the viewer to slow down and become immersed in the maximal presentation, to look, di…
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Derek Eller Gallery is pleased to present Bus Stop, a solo exhibition of mixed-media works by Nancy Shaver which she has been developing for nearly four years. The centerpiece of the show will be a massive 49-foot wall covered in a quilt-like fashion by a concentration of Shaver’s signature Blockers, sculptures comprised of wood blocks wrapped in an array of fabrics and configured into colorful grids.
Shaver describes Bus Stop as a gathering of disparate people united in the activity of waiting for a bus. It’s “a grouping of unlikely partners. Cheek by jowl in many cases, a few inches apart in others. All trying to relate, find common ground, respect differences. Enjoy difference. Speaking to and with others. The individual is consumed by the group”. As is frequently the case with Shaver’s installations, Bus Stop invites the viewer to slow down and become immersed in the maximal presentation, to look, di…
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