THE ESSENTIALS – An exhibition by Liana Owad

Liana Owad is an artist working with traditional and contemporary mediums to create sculptures and works on paper. Her work explores the domestic space and addresses the ideas of comfort and confinement in the home. She says of her work:  “The essentials during the COVID lock-down varied greatly by household. These items ranged from food to entertainment to cleaning products. The work in The Essentials is a collection of both cardboard and plastic packaging from store purchased and ordered items roughly over the past year that I began just after the birth of my daughter at the height of an omicron variant spike in January 2022. As my husband and I navigated as new parents in the mists of a pandemic, we chose to order even more of our immediate needs. This allowed us to greatly limit our exposure risks and unintentionally led to this collection. It has grown and taken shape as our essentials have evolved.”