At Cancelled (which ends this week), sculptor and installation artist Maria Saraceno concerns herself with oppressive policies and movements — nationalist, religious or gender-based — for this exhibit, for which the primary medium is fabric (insert myriad symbolic meanings ________ here). The highlight of the show is a large wall grouping of fabric birds "trapped" in plexiglass cage compartments, a colorful reminder of how isolated individuals make up the fabric of society. That's right, we're getting existential on your ass. (Pictured: Saraceno installs the Cancelled exhibit at the Ybor gallery) On display through Jan. 28. Contact gallery coordinator Carolyn Kossar at ckossar@hccfl.edu for more info. HCC Ybor Performing Arts Building, Tampa.
This article appears in Jan 20-26, 2010.