OTHER WORLDLY examines the places, simultaneously real and imagined, as they are perceived and processed within an artist’s creative mind. The exhibition features two artists who work within the boundaries of a monochrome palette, traveling the world to discover landscapes full of magic and mystery. Both artists compose within neutral fields of space, making “marks” utilizing unlikely media—Henthorne using a camera and Akiko Kotani, thread. The contrast of materials results in surprisingly complimentary bodies of work.

Photographer Henthorne recently captured the unique culture of the stilt fishermen of Sri Lanka, an island located off the southeastern coast of India. These men, bare-chested but wearing turbans and sarongs, jig for the catch-of-the-day using crude fishing poles consisting of nothing more than a long stick, a bit of line and a baited hook. Rarely is photography identified with mark-making, but Henthorne’s newly published collection relies heavily on the vertical black lines recorded by his camera as both subject and composition floating in an abyss of grey.

Kotani’s stitched paper works suggest landscapes from above. Teetering in the realm of complete abstraction, these “drawings” bridge the span of record and myth. Delicate, tactile, and fragile are words that come to mind when examining her work closely—a pairing of elegant fine art paper pierced by hundreds of stitches of black silk thread. No mark is reversible, so every gesture is recorded and an integral part of the resulting composition.

Both Kotani and Henthorne have chosen subject matter that suggests spiritual awakening, memorializing of experience, and an effort towards sharing the sublime.