Libby Black There’s No Place Like Home
There’s No Place Like Home presents a meticulously handcrafted installation and works on paper by Berkeley-based artist Libby Black, exploring personal history, identity, and desire through recreated domestic objects. Combining hand-painted paper, hot glue, and acrylic, the exhibition merges autobiographical elements with fictional objects, addressing themes of family, sexuality, pop culture, and social and political values with equal measures of intimacy and humor.
Libby Black (b. 1976, Toledo, Ohio) is a Berkeley-based artist known for her hand-crafted installations and works on paper that translate personal and cultural narratives into meticulously rendered objects. She received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art and her MFA from California College of the Arts. Selected solo exhibitions include Nothing Lasts Forever (2012) and Be Here Now (2010) at Marx & Zavaterro, San Francisco; Timeless (2009) at Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles; and The Past is Never Where You Think You Left It (2007) at Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco. Group exhibitions include Summer Mixer (2015) at Joshua Liner Gallery, New York; Faux Real (2013) at Laguna Art Museum, CA; and New Image Sculpture (2011) at McNay Art Museum, TX. Public collections include Orange County Museum of Art, Oakland Museum of California, and The West Collection.
A Place to Hang Your Hat, 2015 Paper, acrylic, hot glue, and wood 35 x 42 x 7.5 in (88.9 x 106.7 x 19.1 cm)
House of Cards , 2015 Paper, hot glue, and acrylic paint 7 x 5.5 x 2.5 in (17.8 x 14 x 6.4 cm)
No One Said It Would Be Easy, 2015 Paper, hot glue, and acrylic paint 32 x 16 x 16 in (81.3 x 40.6 x 40.6 cm)
Oh Lord Won't You Buy Me a Mercedes Benz, 2015 Paper, hot glue, and acrylic paint 4 x 12 x 7 in (10.2 x 30.5 x 17.8 cm)
Sunday, 2015 Paper, hot glue, and acrylic paint 32 x 30 x 20 in (81.3 x 76.2 x 50.8 cm)
I Can Smell You From Across The Room, 2015 Paper, hot glue, and acrylic paint 8 x 12.5 x 5.5 in (20.3 x 31.8 x 14 cm)