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Lady Wisdom
\n<\/strong>An Exploration of the Divine Feminine in Contemporary Fiber, Pattern, and Abstraction
\n<\/i>DAVID McCUNE INTERNATIONAL GALLERY \u00b7 FALL 2026
\n<\/b>Curated by Andrew Treague Prieto
\n<\/i>Opening Reception \u2014 October 15, 2026<\/b><\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION<\/b><\/p>\n

Pattern as Intelligence<\/b><\/p>\n

Lady Wisdom explores the divine feminine through the lens of pattern recognition \u2014 approaching<\/p>\n

pattern as a visionary way of locating female intelligence in the world. The exhibition honors the<\/p>\n

divine feminine as a spiritual energy that is at once nurturing, intuitive, and creative, while also<\/p>\n

proposing pattern as an alternate expression of logic, made visible through the capture, creation,<\/p>\n

and disruption of repeated form.<\/p>\n

At its heart, this exhibition reframes the \u201cdivine feminine\u201d not as a symbol, but as a working<\/p>\n

method in contemporary art \u2014 a way of making grounded in materiality, care, labor, and systems<\/p>\n

of thought. Across the works on view, decoration and function, craft and concept, tradition and<\/p>\n

innovation are held in continuous, generative tension.<\/p>\n

The artists gathered for Lady Wisdom span modernist textile history, postwar abstraction, feminist<\/p>\n

material discourse, and contemporary ecological and migratory concerns. Their number includes<\/p>\n

historically significant figures \u2014 Anni Albers, Ruth Asawa, Emma Amos, Jenny Holzer, and Sheila<\/p>\n

Pepe among them \u2014 alongside a vital generation of contemporary practitioners, including<\/p>\n

Jacquelyn Strycker, Sarah G. Sharp, Katya Grokhovsky, Chieko Murasugi, Kia Love, Nava<\/p>\n

Lubelski, Patricia Van Dalen, Chellis Baird, Sabina Ott, and Elizabeth \u201cBetty\u201d Schmitt Jennerjahn.<\/p>\n

A highlight of the exhibition is its dialogue with the legacy of Black Mountain College in North<\/p>\n

Carolina \u2014 the storied and internationally influential site of experimental art, design, and<\/p>\n

interdisciplinary pedagogy whose spirit runs through so much of the work on view. The exhibition<\/p>\n

is further enriched by generous institutional loans from The Johnson Collection and the North<\/p>\n

Carolina Museum of Art.<\/p>\n

Andrew Treague Prieto
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Lady Wisdom
\nAn Exploration of the Divine Feminine in Contemporary Fiber, Pattern, and Abstraction<\/strong>
\n2026
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