Synopsis:

Supernormal presents
THOUGHT LINES
An exhibition by Berny Tan
11/1/18 - 28/1/18
Daily : 11am - 7pm (Monday Closed)

Opening reception: 11 January, 7pm onwards

In her first solo exhibition, Berny Tan presents a new series of twenty abstract embroideries, reflecting on the medium's obsessive nature through the repetitive motion of stitching. Each study is created by adhering to sets of written rules, based on thought patterns and mechanisms that manifest within the artist's personal anxieties.

Rejecting the image-making typical of traditional embroidery, the artist concentrates on meticulously enacting these systems. Yet, there remains a latent tension between the mechanical and the human – the pieces are intensely structured at first glance, but closer inspection reveals how every decision, inconsistency, and workaround is recorded in thread.

The series thus seeks to inhabit an ambiguous space where the delicate and the compulsive, the therapeutic and the torturous all coexist; where the desire for control also keeps perfection out of reach.