It's an effortless gesture that is not effortless at all. We're in the process together, yet opposite enough to make it work. That vocation is art. And the couple's commitment to it is as strong as their commitment to each other. And through art, as well as life, they challenge one another and act as sounding boards for ideas and support during troubling times.
Hilarity often ensues.
You never know what's going to happen. With an obvious connection to her sewing business, Atwood's recent sculpture is body-oriented, visceral work that unites feminism, humor, seriousness, sex, eroticism, grotesqueness, beauty, and decay. It also explores historical signifiers as well as contemporary observances. And like her life, Atwood's work offers similar surprises. Individual, whimsical works of fabric and form vie for attention in the otherwise sparse living room of the couple's western Massachusetts home.