CDCP x WCDC Present: Megan Adgate
Artist Reception: Saturday, May 20th, 12:00PM
On view: May 6th - June 24th, 2023
Gallery hours: Saturdays 12-5pm
WCDC's Lohr Gallery
725 Wood St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Our final show of the season with the WCDC opens to the public this Saturday, May 6th, and 12:00pm. Join us and see this collection of work that showcases Megan’s relationship to Wilkinsburg.
Megan Adgate is a textile artist who works with natural fibers, such as wool, cotton, and banana fiber, to create dimensional tapestries. Her process sets out to challenge the very foundation of weaving itself — the grid. Contrary to the traditional up-and-down approach, her frame looms are warped in an unsystematized, scrambled way, creating a canvas that allows for overlapping layers, curvature, and negative space.
After being a hobby weaver for several years, the craft took on a new role for her while transitioning out of an emotionally abusive relationship in 2019. While the basis for her work is control and manipulation, she is also interested in the adaptability of nature and the formation of symbiotic relationships among plant species, such as the coexistence of algae and fungi to form lichen or vines climbing the trunk of a tree.