Museum for Art in Wood presents ‘La Famiglia’ by Mark Sfirri

The Museum for Art in Wood presents La Famigila, the first museum-organized solo exhibition by celebrated artist and woodturner Mark Sfirri. The highly personal exhibition of new and never-before-seen work offers a way of thinking about the definition of family and its meanings through different lenses: families vs born into; families of species and identities; and familial strife and unconditional love, support, and dysfunction. La Famiglia represents a coming to terms with generational passing through Sfirri’s adoption of a spontaneous, “flow state” approach in his wood turning, carving, and surface processes.

In addition to new works by Sfirri, the exhibition features a collaborative project that includes the work of 45 artists and colleagues who were asked to contribute a two-dimensional artwork depicting an “immigrant” of their choice, whether a person or an idea.