“Fate” (fiber), by Massachusetts artist Louise Farrell, this month at Kingston Gallery, Boston.
The gallery says that Ms. Farrell:
“contemplates and weaves together the stories of our lives in “Fate’’ After hearing of a dear friend suffering an unexpected and devastating setback, Farrell felt a resonance with the ancient Norse sagas that she was reading at the time. For the Norse, the symbol of life is represented through a sacred and immense tree named Yggdrasil. In the roots of this great tree are all of humanity’s histories, stories, and lives. Each root is unique; some are long and expansive, while some are very short. Her exhibition consists of a woven sculpture, monumental as an old-growth tree, in the center of the gallery. For Farrell, dyeing and attaching every rope and skein became a meditative process. Together, Fate is a journey through the universality of the human condition..
