Tethers
Emmett Hartlove and Sarah McMurry
Curated by Beatrice Curry
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4th Floor, 1106 Santa Fe St
Kansas City
Tethers: featuring quilts by Sarah McMurry and paintings and objects by Emmett Hartlove. McMurry works with naturally dyed fabrics and hand-stitched layers, using quilt making to explore memory and personal history. Hartlove uses everyday materials and simple marks to understand how objects change and gather meaning over time. Handmade processes and familiar materials hold stories and create quiet connections to the past and to places we come from.
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Tethers
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Tethers
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Tethers
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Tethers
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Tethers
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Tethers
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Tethers
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Tethers
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Tethers
, Installation View

Tethers
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My Beautiful Horse,
Emmett Hartlove,
2025,
Egg/oil, tempera, cold wax + yolk perlite, oil paint,
24 x 18 in

Table Profile,
Emmett Hartlove,
2024,
Oil and tempera on half chalk ground canvas,
18 x 13 in

Red Landscape,
Emmett Hartlove,
2025,
Oil on canvas,
30 x 18 in

Worn Stripes,
Emmett Hartlove,
2025,
Oil on laminated and cradled linen panel,
4 x 4 in

Angel as Puck,
Emmett Hartlove,
2025,
Encaustic and oil on wood,
3.5 x 3.5 in

Awning on Cork,
Emmett Hartlove,
2025,
Oil and acrylic on cheesecloth on cork,
4 x 3.75 in

Industrial Mold (Abstract),
Emmett Hartlove,
2025,
Acrylic on steel,
9 x 9 in