A standout in the “Keepers” group—a category dedicated to designers whose work evokes storytelling, history, and memory—Nicole McLaughlin’s wall piece made from ceramic and hand-dyed threads nods to craft traditionally practiced by women. (For the record, I’m not staring into space here. I’m looking back up from the gallery’s lower floor to another work by Roxanne Jackson situated on the gallery’s stairs.) Photo 14 of 17 in The State of the Union: R & Company’s “Objects USA” Exhibition Rises Above the Fray

The State of the Union: R & Company’s “Objects USA” Exhibition Rises Above the Fray

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A standout in the Keepers group—a category dedicated to designers whose work evokes storytelling, history, and memory—Nicole McLaughlin’s wall piece made from ceramic and hand-dyed threads nods to craft traditionally practiced by women. (For the record, I’m not staring into space here. I’m looking back up from the gallery’s lower floor to another work by Roxanne Jackson situated on the gallery’s stairs.)