Artist Cheryl Pope has opened a solo exhibition titled "All There Is" at Monique Meloche Gallery in Chicago. The show features new, large-scale works made from needle-punched wool roving on cashmere that depict landscapes, marking a shift from her previous focus on the human form, memory, and identity. The exhibition runs through May 16.
The work represents Pope's ongoing practice centered on "the act and politics of listening," which she describes as a form of "poetic journalism." While the new pieces move from the body to geomorphological forms, they continue her philosophical investigation, asking viewers to abandon binary classifications and experience a unifying, sublime gaze where anatomy and landscape merge. The landscapes are informed by personal history, including her grandparents' love and the sacred site of Abiquiú, New Mexico.