Cairo‘s new show is a multi-sensory installation documenting a fictional community in 1934, Peg and Awl. The multimedia installation includes drawings from Toby Leibowitz, installation by Max Liebowitz and sound by Sean Pecknold.
The show is an artistic interpretation of Peg and Awl, a fictional community of artists, carpenters, writers and adventurers in rural Oregon. The show’s theme lives in the space of simple v complex, handcraft v machine-made, creative energy v conformity, local v global.
I chatted brieftly with artist/musician Jesse Brown on Thursday night while taking a quick snap of the storefront. Jesse uses the back room space of Cairo for as his art studio. He mentioned Cairo, in addition to larger installations, is also doing short, 6-day rotational shows of emerging artists. With short show turnarounds, it’s worth stopping in when passing by or checking the Cairo blog to see what’s up any given week. Cairo recently increased their open hours, adding Thursday and Friday afternoons through 7pm.
Peg and Awl Opening
Saturday, May 30
7:00 – 10:00 pm
Cairo, 507 E. Mercer
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Thank you so much for this review of Toby’s work, we are very excited to have her showing at Cairo! The opening was a huge success, and we hope everyone can make it in to view the show, as it will be up through the weekend of June 28th.
On that subject, we just want to make sure the hours are super clear, as we are ALWAYS open Saturday and Sunday from 12-6, and will be open on Friday afternoons for the rest of June from 2-7 pm, but will NOT be open on Thursday at any point in the near future. Sorry for any confusion!!
Joel and Justine
Cairo Gallery