2024 Iterate, Reiterate Garage Art Center, Queens New York
Joell Baxter Iterate, Reiterate 2024 Screenprinted and woven paper, glue, push pins, fishing line, steel, wood 86 x 124 x 232 inches (overall) Garage Art Center, Queens NY September 8th - September 29th, 2024
In this immersive exhibition, Joell Baxter transforms the gallery into a shimmering cube where light, color, and space intertwine. The intricate paper weavings create dynamic, pixelated effects, with geometric patterns that shift and change as you move through the space. Floor-to-ceiling woven panels turn in response to the movement of air, connecting interior to exterior and creating a room within a room.. As you enter, multiple porous layers come alive, filling voids with vibrant, shifting colors. Visitors are invited to explore this space, simultaneously observing and shaping the experience..
"I am interested the idea that light is always moving around, over, and through us. Although I am fixing color on paper, the nature of the weave causes the color to constantly shift, so there is still a sense of flux, as with light moving over a landscape. The weave and the gaps also reference pixelation, so there is another kind of shift from analog light to digital light."