Are We Here Yet?, Hannah Lupton Reinhard’s second solo exhibition with Rusha & Co., opens Saturday, February 8th, 6-9 pm.
Traveling among larger works and intimate drawings, women in transit carry baskets, light candles and take moments of rest in response to uncertainty. Their brightly patterned headscarves, icons of Yiddishkeit, are offset by contemporary references that locate diaspora in the here and now.
Set against burning landscapes and impossibly bright skies, these works explore the tension between beauty and awkwardness, movement and stiffness. Oversized hands, twirly hair, and rhinestone embellishments challenge effortless beauty, celebrating the weight and complexity of the feminine experience with meticulous, obsessive detail.