Exhibition Statement:

XoXo Gallery is excited to announce Idle Hands, Traditional handicrafts such as sewing, quilting, and knitting continue to inspire contemporary artistic practice. Far from being monotonous or passive, the act of repetitive handwork can transcend these perceptions, evolving into a powerful form of active contemplation and subtle defiance.

Using work that includes or is inspired by these techniques Idle Hands reimagines them within a contemporary artistic context. The exhibit explores how repetition and tradition, once seen as mundane, can be harnessed as a profound artistic practice that both
honors skill and challenges conventional notions of labor and creativity rather than simply a means of avoiding
“the devil’s work”.