Erin Stafford Tongue-and-Groove

Touching on ideas of etiquette and femininity, Erin Stafford’s studio practice investigates the bygone era of social graces and ritualistic propriety, while also engaging the viewer with ideas of fantasy, desires and delight. For her exhibition at Lawndale Art Center, Stafford creates a floor installation using vinyl parquet tiles in the Grace R. Cavnar Gallery. The parquet floor becomes sculptural, undulating from underneath to create an uncanny visual experience that would allow the viewer to languish between beauty, humor and nostalgia.