Maria Britton transforms discarded bedsheets into artworks that dance between painting and sculpture. In "Second Sleep", patterned bedsheets become expertly layered, pleated, and playful abstract paintings mounted on the wall in curtain-like forms.
Her work engages themes of memory, dreams, accumulation, labor, gender, and value. "Second Sleep" highlights these textile-based works, inviting reflection and imagination. The term 'second sleep' refers to a pattern of segmented sleep common before the Industrial Revolution.
Intertwining domestic materials with joyful abstraction, Britton invites a celebration of reinvention and free-thinking. This exhibition points to over a decade of ambitious artistic development, showcasing new methods and designs over tradition.
The show is funded by the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by a generous award from the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of The Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina. Second Sleep runs until July 25, 2026.
