Baylee Schmitt: we settle into corners with the dust and mites: Solo Exhibition
Opening Reception
Friday, January 3, 2025
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Artist Talk
Saturday, January 4, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
RSVP: info@laisunkeane.com
Exhibition statement
Crochet is a series of units: stitches that make up rows, rows that make up shapes, and shapes that make up both image and object. It echoes the way memories, relationships, and experiences seem to make up a person; the way rooms make up a house; and the way individuals make up a family. I use yarn to build shapes stitch by stitch, crafting an image to interpret the emotional memory of the space we inhabited as a unit.
A relationship fraught with petty bickering, clenched teeth, and arm pinching is also one of inherent, sometimes tense, allyship, inside jokes, and comfort. Perhaps our relationship, and the room that housed it, is defined by difference more than similarity – a sort of melty ego mess with disparate parts that don’t yet know their individual shapes. They are defined by the other and changing all the time.
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BAYLEE SCHMITT: we settle into corners with dust and mites
Solo exhibition
January 3 - February 16, 2025
OPENING RECEPTION • Friday, January 3, 2025, 5pm - 8pm
ARTIST TALK • Saturday, January 4, 2025, 1pm - 2pm
Boston, MA — LaiSun Keane is excited to present “we settle into corners with dust and mites”, the first solo exhibition by Baylee Schmitt, on view from January 3 to February 16, 2025. The exhibition recreates Schmitt’s childhood bedroom, a space she shared with her twin sister, through a series of crocheted objects.
Schmitt transforms the gallery into a nostalgic and surreal environment, meticulously handcrafting every detail from crochet yarn, including beds, dressers, windows, doors, pillows, a TV, and even a trophy mug. The result is a tactile exploration of memory, family, and the comfort found in familiar physical spaces. Through the time-intensive, meditative process of crocheting, Schmitt reflects on her identity and relationships, creating works that resonate with both personal and universal meanings.
Schmitt holds an MFA from Miami University in Ohio, completed a residency at Bethany Arts Community in New York, and has received awards including the Chrysalis Award Honorable Mention from the James Renwick Alliance for Craft. Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions in Ohio and Kentucky and was included in many group exhibitions around the country. She lives and works in Cincinnati, Ohio.
The public is invited to an Opening Reception on Friday, January 3, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM, and an Artist Talk on Saturday, January 4, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM.
About the Gallery
LaiSun Keane is a contemporary art gallery in Boston committed to showcasing innovative and compelling artists from diverse backgrounds.
www.laisunkeane.com
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact us at info@laisunkeane.com.
