FREY, Jeremy; NICKAS, Bob
Jeremy Frey: Unbound

A zine published to accompany Jeremy Frey’s 2024 eponymous show at Karma, Los Angeles. 

Jeremy Frey is the foremost contemporary practitioner of Wabanaki basketry, a tradition that dates back more than 13,000 years and is the oldest continuously practiced art form in the area now known as Maine. Over more than two decades, Frey has honed techniques inherited from his ancestors while also inventing his own methods of weaving and dying the strips of wood that comprise his vibrant, patterned artworks. Unbound presented baskets alongside never-before-exhibited flat weaves and relief prints. These innovative ways of giving weaving new form—such as weaving flat, using his sculptures to make indexical prints—emerged from Frey’s desire to sustainably preserve both a natural material and an ancient cultural tradition.

This publication comprises the essay, “Navigating Tradition—Transcendent,” by Bob Nickas.

Numbered and signed edition.

Published by Karma, 2024
Zines / Crafts