Lindsay B Randolph – Exit Strategies

Description

Artist Statement

Needlework has always been regarded as “women’s work” in terms of expressing the virtues of femininity, domesticity, and obedience. My language-based needlework aligns with “subversive stitching” as it creatively disrupts cultural attitudes through satirical social commentary, disarmingly softened by the use of needle and thread.
Blending humor with tension, vulnerability with bite, and disruption with whimsy, my artistic practice looks to the past with an eye to the future. Working with vintage textiles, I add my own hand-stitched layer to update its original purpose and focus on the evolution of cultural norms specific to gender, generation, and relationships. The juxtaposition of this multigenerational storytelling creates a unique dialogue between the past and present.