By Daniel Sheehan, Arts and Features Editor
February 17, 2021
Susan Greer Emmerson
An upcoming show at Kingston Gallery in the South End will feature in its main gallery an exhibition by the artist Susan Greer Emmerson, a Dorchester resident.
“Unraveling,” a solo collection of paintings and sculptures inspired by the changing relationship people have with their home due to factors of climate change and biohazards, will be on display from March 3-March 28, with an opening reception to take place on Fri., March 5 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
In her work, Emmerson uses paint as well as debris and materials used in the creation of houses, such as Tyvek paper and electrical wire, to make abstracted structures that evoke both ruin and rebuilding. In a statement, she described how she sees the safety of home as an illusion, considering how stability is rendered futile by man-made climate disasters, mass evictions, and other forces.