ERIN DORN: Gallerist
In the fall of 2023, Erin Dorn opened the doors of her Houston gallery, Seven Sisters, with a show by artist Brie Ruais, titled "Penumbra." The site-specific sculptural installation centered around the elements of an eclipse-sun, moon, Earth-and reflected Dorn's longstanding interest in relationships between art and architectural history, "particularly their intersection in sacred spaces."
Dorn sees Seven Sisters as its own sacred space, one dedicated to women artists who've lang been marginalized by ageism and sexism, among other market-driven systems that narrowly define value and relevance. The gallery aims to highlight collaboration and storytelling, celebrating work that, she told me, is "deeply connected to identity, craft, and resilience-often found in the practices of women who have never been invited into the spotlight yet who still create with unwavering dedication."
For this year's Armory Presents, this will manifest in a dual presentation of sculpture by Julia Kunin and Katarzyna Przezwańska, both of whom explore fusions of organic and architectural forms that engage their materials in metaphoric ways. Kunin's iridescent ceramics blend human and architectural elements, reflecting on identity, gender, and spatial presence, while Przezwańska transforms objects like eggs, rocks, and plants into otherworldly commentaries on human nature in the Anthropocene.
