Dana Hemenway USA, b. 1982

Differently Structured Possibilities, is our second solo exhibition by Bay Area artist Dana Hemenway.
In Differently Structured Possibilities Hemenway considers everyday utilitarian objects that help to form our built environments. Hemenway’s practice is rooted in the excavation and elevation of utilitarian objects to make visible what has become habituated. The act of uncovering these invisible structures is analogous to breaking down and revealing less tangible systems that keep power allocated unfairly, specifically as it relates to gender.

A lighted lamp in the window watches in the secret heart of night of a gaze imprisoned between its four stone walls. – Christiane Barucoa (from The Poetics of Space...