Lesley Dill at Nohra Haime Gallery

Lesley Dill describes Emily Dickinson’s poems as having a physical effect on her as she experienced ‘an ocean of images’ while reading.  Similarly, Dill’s series of sculptural characters now on view at Nohra Haime Gallery in Chelsea are covered and overpowered by their own words.  The show includes figures like John Brown and Sojourner Truth – who were driven by powerful experiences of the spiritual world. (On view in Chelsea through March 17th).

Lesley Dill, [foreground] Northern Blast (Edward Taylor), oil stick, ink, thread on fabric, wooden shoe lasts, 100 x 23 x 1 inches, 2017 and [background] Omnipotence Enough (Emily Dickinson), oil stick on fabric, 95.5 x 22 x 1 inches, 2017.