Jessie Dunahoo
The Carnegie
July 5, 2020 - Ongoing
Jessie Dunahoo
The Carnegie
July 5 - Ongoing
Jessie Dunahoo (1932-2017) was raised on a farm in rural Kentucky during a period when support for people considered to have a disability was even more limited than what it is today. Deaf since birth, Dunahoo also lost his vision as a young man. Using various fences and trees to hang intersecting lines, ropes, and wires that could be grasped and threaded, Dunahoo created a 3D map he used to navigate outdoor space, a practice he maintained throughout his life. Later in life, Dunahoo became involved with Latitude Artist Community and Institute 193 in Lexington, Kentucky, where his work evolved into a quilt-like structures taking on the dimensions of his four by eights foot studio table. This exhibition presents works created at Latitude in the years he spent there prior to his death in 2017.
Jessie Dunahoo is organized with Institute 193, Lexington, Kentucky, in the Ohio Financial Services Gallery.
Press:
Jessie Dunahoo at the Carnegie, by Steve Kemple, AEQAI, March 28, 2020