Fables in Form and Fiber - Galveston Art Center August 24 - November 17, 2024

Fables in Form and Fiber features contemporary fiber works and painted ceramic platters by Troy Dugas. The fiber pieces incorporate hooked fabric, punched yarn, embroidery, found objects, rope, and fringe, while the ceramic platters represent painterly variations of the sinewy tapestries. They feature motifs and imagery rooted in the history of textiles and indigenous folk art and evoke a precarious balance between strength and vulnerability. The combination of these sources reveals a powerful tension between innocence, beautiful nativity and our relationship with nature, mortality, and the ethereal. Through a meditative and labor-intensive process, Dugas’ work becomes a place of self-discovery. The resulting imagery creates narratives that express his adoration and feelings of connectedness to visual representations, cultures, and techniques he references.