Sapar Contemporary Gallery + Incubator

Sapar Contemporary is delighted to present the work of the late pioneering American fiber artist Yvonne Pacanovsky Bobrowicz (1928-2022). The exhibition, curated by Dr. Barbara Stehle, is focused on the artist’s luminous hand-knotted monofilament sculptures from the Cosmic Series, the artist’s final and most iconic series.  The Cosmic Series was first presented at the 14th International Biennale of Textiles in Lausanne Switzerland in 1989, and later collected and exhibited by the Art Institute of Chicago and Philadelphia Museum of Art.  A few works from earlier periods introduce the evolution of Bobrowicz’s practice that began with studying textiles at The Cranbrook Academy of Art under Marianne Strengell and later with Anni Alberts at the Philadelphia Museum and School of Industrial Art.  A remarkable weaver from her very beginnings, Bobrowicz’s final series of hanging knotted monofilament sculptures punctuated with gold leaf, linen, and metal elements stands out for its departure from architectural references. The artist frees herself from the planes of walls and floors, offering her work the power of interacting with open space and light. In these works the artist articulates fully her preoccupation with particle physics and Jungian psychology, her interest in energy fields, constant motion of matter, interaction between matter and light, application of opposing forces and concepts, and order emerging out of chaos.