‘Liminal Spaces’

Solo exhibition with König Galerie, Berlin, 2024

Excerpt taken from König’s press release:

König Galerie is pleased to present ‘Liminal Spaces’, a solo show by American artist, Heather Day, her first with the gallery. The exhibition is comprised of 7 paintings, all of which were made in 2024 and feature mixed media on canvas.

Day creates archives of painted works that she then cuts up, rearranges, and sews together to produce vibrant, color-rich tableaux. The end result is always abstract, and the components routinely eschew the strict orthogonals of the rectangular support, building subtle tension between the movement of Day’s brush and the contours of her cutouts. In addition to the outward tension between the support and the content of these works, there is an internal tensity as well, between the visible strokes of paint and the self-contained fragments of the collaged elements. Each of the works on display in ‘Liminal Spaces’ reflects Day’s ability to balance her source material in a manner that achieves a harmonious balance between otherwise disparate parts