Portals

New York Gallery

June 3 — September 13, 2023

Each step leads towards new experiences, transporting the viewer from one plane to another.

By Aaron Chung

Portals – Installation 13-2
Portals – Installation 13-2

Using rugs that display geometric and organic shapes, this exhibition presents Sylvie Johnson’s textile pieces as thresholds to observe and traverse as gateways to new ideas. Portals aims to introduce Johnson’s sensorial language in her work through architectural engagement, textures, light, and shadow. It examines how one perceives the textile medium through its conceptual depth, physical nature, and blurred boundaries within art and design.

Portals – Installation 5
Portals – Installation 5

A series of portals beginning with Inlay (2023) and ending with Tephra (2023)

Helig – Luna – Detail – Paris 1

Helig (2021)

Curation – Relief Beyond Ground – Image 2B

Mantra (2021)

Portals – Installation 2E
Portals – Installation 2E

Helig (2021) and Mantra (2021) by Sylvie Johnson with Bench (c. 1970) by Charlotte Perriand

Portals – Installation 16

Gem (2021) by Sylvie Johnson

Gem – Aurelian – Detail – Paris 1 (edit)