For the past decade, artist Bill Miller has collected pieces of linoleum, the once ubiquitous material in homes across America. Now, for the artist's first solo show in New York City, he's reinvented those materials as collages representing life-size domestic tableaus and landscapes.
The artworks explore his family's blue-collar losses to reinterpret the past. The Pittsburgh-based artist is the grandson of a coal miner and son of a factory worker, both of whom where killed in industrial accidents. This show bears witness to these tragedies, giving voice to their quiet history through the surface of his chosen medium.
The gallery show opens on October 20 in Manhattan and runs through January 21, 2023.