Picture Room is pleased to present Dekoupaj, a second solo exhibition featuring works by Cécile McLorin Salvant, September 19th – November 3rd, 2024.
Dekoupaj (Creole for decoupage) features a selection of Salvant’s drawings and embroidered works, including a new exploration in paper cutting. What began as a fix to an imperfection of a work on paper, evolved into cutting drawings into various shapes and gradually, more and more elaborate designs where sometimes the cutting precedes the drawing. Salvant’s works are instinctive and improvisatory, proceeding as she follows the movement of her hand whether that be marking the line of a pen, sewing a string of thread, or cutting the edge of a paper. The artist writes, “I discover things about myself in my works, and I find out what it is that I'm thinking about. I think through them and I dream through them.”
Salvant is an artist, composer, and acclaimed jazz vocalist based in NYC. She was awarded a MacArthur fellowship in 2020, is the recipient of three Grammys, and won the Thelonious Monk competition in 2010.
Sep 5th 2024