Ross Palmer Beecher

Quilts and Assemblages

January 4 - February 1, 2020

Opening Reception: “First Thursday,” January 9, 6-8pm
Artist talk: “Saturday After”, January 11 at noon

Greg Kucera Gallery is pleased to announce our tenth one-person exhibition of work by Seattle artist Ross Palmer Beecher. Beecher is not a Folk artist, but she is endlessly fascinated by the many forms it can take, the contexts surrounding its production, and the complete devotion to a given craft that Folk and self-taught artists bring to their work. The artist filters these traditions in making her contemporary objects. She embraces her New England roots while her observations of the world we live in today are revealed through a wide variety of political and topical themes executed in her own peculiar brand of Yankee ingenuity.

Beecher’s work in this exhibition makes reference to contemporary issues like the #MeToo movement, society’s shift from a manufacturing to a technology based economy, and the adverse effect humans have on the natural world.

“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes.”
—Reputed to have been said by Mark Twain

“For years I have concentrated my work on Americana. My imagery focused on events and artifacts from American history such as slavery, the evolution of our flags, and the vast history found in New England quilts. This body of new work explores the similarities American history has with our contemporary issues while it also reflects on odd American values that have remained constants.”

— Ross Palmer Beecher

Work in exhibition