Untitled (Work in Progress)

A new trucking blanket piece is in progress..........

The Lavender Hinge (PHAIDON), 2014

The Lavender Hinge sporting their "Bespoke Sandwich Boards," 2014 (photo by kc)

The Lavender Hinge sporting their "Bespoke Sandwich Boards"

The Lavender Hinge sporting their "Bespoke Sandwich Boards" outside the Buffalo Public Library during the echo art fair, 2014 (photo by KC)

The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario is represented by BT&C Gallery

Due to popular demand, the installation of artworks by artistic collaboration The Lavender Hinge (Eric Magnuson and Lisa Z. Morgan) in downtown Buffalo’s Belesario building will now be on view by appointment only, managed by BT&C Gallery. The original installation, scheduled to be on view through mid- July of 2014, will now continue indefinitely as an in-stitu rotating exhibition. 

WANTED: BY THE FBI

The Lavender Hinge's "WANTED: BY THE FBI" has been published as a poster within The Laboratory Arts Collective's biannual FEAR. The concept has been beautifully integrated and translated into the magazine.

"WANTED: BY THE FBI" by The Lavender Hinge

The Lavender Hinge at Echo

The Lavender Hinge were pleased to be part of Echo 2014 in Buffalo, NY.

Gathered Holes, Bespoke Sandwich Boards, White Chalk and Big Jute

Big Jute and Red Camellia

"WANTED" in FEAR

FEAR is the latest publication from The Laboratory Arts Collective and features The Lavender Hinge as "WANTED BY THE FBI."

WANTED: FBI by The Lavender Hinge

Artists also featured are Alfred Starr Hamilton, Anna Laurent, Diederick Van Eck, Elizabeth Delgadillo-Merfeld, Gavin Bowden, Gisele A. Lubsen, Jack Rutberg, James Minchin III, Jemma Jaques, Jim Burklo, Jerome Witkin, Joel-Peter Witkin, John Alan Simon, John Lee Bird, Ken Merfeld, Kristin Ellingson, Kara Walker, Oliver Frost, Marilyn Minter, Martin Scott Powell, Maud Larsson, Miriam Dehne, Pia Dehne, Rachel Howard, RA Friedman, Renee Hlozek, Satoshi Komatsubara, Steven Poster, Susan L. Williams, T.V.M.R. and Tziporah Salamon.

RI Art Archive Project

Film Still of The Swan from the RI Art Archive Project. A four-part documentary.

                   

Gathered Hole - Love, Style and Talent

The Swan has recently been interviewed by LOVE Magazine and also by Style and Talent. Meanwhile, the new works by The Lavender Hinge are developing beautifully.

Gathered Hole by The Lavender Hinge

Jute Walk (Mark & Measure)

The Lavender Hinge is developing a new body of work. Some of which will be revealed this September at the Echo Art Fair, Buffalo, NY.

Jute Walk (Mark &Measure). A work in progress by The Lavender Hinge.

Looking for Representation

The Lavender Hinge has been selected to be part of the Echo Art Fair in Buffalo, NY. It will be showing new works in The Lavender Hinge booth while previously exhibited pieces will be on display in the BT&C Gallery booth.

Picket Sign Design by The Lavender Hinge

BT&C Gallery, Buffalo, NY

The Lavender Hinge is pleased to be part of the BT&C Gallery's group of artists.  Doubting Thomas (AKA Golden Caravaggio) and Eleven (Buttoned Painting) are now residing at the new gallery space on 1250 Niagra Street, Buffalo, NY.

Doubting Thomas (AKA Golden Caravaggio) by The Lavender Hinge, 2012. Wool, Silk, cotton, 30 x 42 ins

Eleven (Buttoned Painting) by The Lavender Hinge, 2012. Linen, covered buttons and cotton, 36 x 42 ins

The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario

The Lavender Hinge exhibition at The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario. Installation view featuring "Buttonhole Composition (Blond Linen)" & "Lavender Hole (for Kiton)."

The Grand Opening of The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario, 2014

The Duke alias The Peddler & The Swan aka Sew of "Sew & Sow" at The Grand Opening of The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario, 2014

Trouble on Main Street

The Showroom and the works of The Lavender Hinge received write ups from Buffalo Spree, Buffalo News and Buffalo Rising.  The Buffalo News also wrote a 'close-up' feature on The Seduction of Saint Thomas.

Frits, Daunte C and The Duke at the Grande Opening of The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario on April 11th, 2014. 

Grand Opening of The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario

The Duke aka The Peddler alias Queenseyes, (Our man on Main), Grand Opening of The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario, 2014

The Swan during the installation of The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario

The Swan during the installation of The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario, 2014

For Immediate Release

For Immediate Release

The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario

520 Main Street

Buffalo, NY 14202

thelavenderhinge@gmail.com

http://thelavenderhinge.blogspot.com/

Grand Opening: April 11, 2014, 6pm to 9 pm

Exhibition Runs: April 11 to July 11, 2014

Showroom Hours: Open Saturday 11am to 5pm and by appointment

The Lavender Hinge is pleased to present the opening of The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario in Buffalo, New York. The inaugural exhibition features the work of The Lavender Hinge. The exhibition will be on view at 520 Main Street and opens on Friday April 11^th 6pm - 9pm.

The exhibition celebrates the introduction of The Lavender Hinge to Buffalo, New York and the Greater North West New York area.

The Lavender Hinge’s actual origin and purpose is a bit of a mystery. It officially formed in New York City in 2011. The name signifies a sensuous collaborative venture between the artists Lisa Z. Morgan and Eric Magnuson and resides within the blurred boundaries of what is considered art, fashion, ethos, poetry, love and life.

The Lavender Hinge inhabits a tactile space and dimension, which straddles and bridges different or opposing genres, approaches and mediums. The work produced under this lavender umbrella reveals a story, which speaks about adoration, being, collaboration and the creative spirit found everywhere and within everyone.

The Hinge’s creative output ranges from sewn paintings to sartorial gestures, short non-films and sound pieces along with written fables, small-scale actions and enfleurage works. Each project and body of work joins and mingles at the point and hinging between presumed opposites. Discipline, gender, authorship and meaning are sublimated and merged. The yin and the yang, logos and mythos, reason and imagination and the cerebral and animal fuse and are married as one. That which was once perceived as separateness, now converges and becomes complete and interdependent through an inspired process.

The seeds of a concept for opening up a storefront/gallery/ showroom were first sown and envisioned while in New York City and the germination of this imagining is coming to fruition in the intriguing city of Buffalo on Main Street within the Belesario building (The old LL Berger Building) on April 11^th 2014.

The Lavender Hinge Showroom will be a representation of a gallery as well as an actual physical space that houses works of art. The Hinge will exhibit its own work and also those created by local, national and International artists. The Lavender Hinge consider The Showroom as an extension of its practice whereby the gallery/showroom/store is as much an evolving work in itself as it is a vehicle to offer artwork for reflection and for sale. As each gesture and work is contemplated and purchased, invested and placed, the project becomes a living and breathing multi-site specific work.

For the Inaugural opening of The Showroom, The Lavender Hinge will showcase works, which focus on the ubiquitous and everyday buttonhole. As a subject this captivates The Hinge and through the exploration and scaling up of the ‘hole’ it swiftly develops into a cipher with an expanding vocabulary with each fabric employed creating a fresh interpretation. Be it an artists linen or a fine gentleman’s suiting fabric made out of cashmere, wool, mohair or silk, every fabric speaks a different woven story and articulates a particular quality. The ‘hole’ becomes infused with a distinct and sensuous personality and ultimately becomes an ancillary sign or device for storytelling.

One facet of the story flouts and examines the eternal feminine symbol, the ‘yoni,’ as both void and object as the buttonhole resonates and signifies a calculated historical exposing, defiance and celebration. Through the lens of painting the work is charged with a Fontana-esque explicitness and bold sexuality and yet is exquisitely devoid of graphic or vulgar illustration.

When the handmade larger-than-life buttonhole is inserted into a suit designed by Kiton, Marc Jacobs or Sean Jean, the penetration and marking of a man’s power suit with the hand-sewn slit becomes both a highly subversive and loaded act and artefact.

This is finely crafted work with an acutely critical edge, weaving together a delightful sense of play with a poignant and enigmatic mindset.

The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario is a provocative initiative, aperture and dimension. The Lavender Hinge lovingly pushes the conversation forward and upwards towards contravention and mischievous manifesto. The Lavender Hinge is aesthetic and ecstatic romance. The Lavender Hinge is an extraordinary and radiant cascade.

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The Lavender Hinge is pleased to present the opening of The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario

The Lavender Hinge’s actual origin and purpose is a bit of a mystery. It officially formed in New York City in 2011. The name signifies a sensuous collaborative venture between the artists Lisa Z. Morgan and Eric Magnuson and resides within the blurred boundaries of what is considered art, fashion, ethos, poetry, love and life. 

The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario (Coming Soon), 2014

In anticipation of The Lavender Hinge Showroom opening at The Belesario in the Spring, Queenseyes has written an article for Buffalo Rising. 

The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario (Coming Soon), 2014

Four Color Herringbone

Four Color Herringbone, 2013, Wool, cotton, cotton thread, 52 x 42 inches

Coming Soon - Early 2014

The Lavender Hinge Showroom @ The Belesario (Coming Soon - Early 2014)