2/26/2021
On March 12, the Des Moines Art Center will open Iowa Artists 2021: Olivia Valentine, featuring two bodies of work by the artist and Iowa State University professor.
The exhibition, organized by Art Center Associate Curator Jared Ledesma, will run through May 16, 2021. Valentine is recognized for her work in textile construction, drawing and sculpture, as well as textile installations that interface with architecture. For this projectâthe artistâs first solo museum exhibitionâValentine presents Mediate/Equivocate and The shadow is my body.
The Richard Meier building will feature Mediate/Equivocate, a large-scale installation generated in response to Meierâs deliberate, gridded design. Embedded within the three-story wall in the buildingâs atrium are a series of ropes. Viewed from a distance, the ropes appear to be woven into the wall, in a pattern that is responsive to its surroundings.