The New York Times Features Jessy Slim's Practice and Chickpea Installations
“Chickpea Landscapes, 4” by Jessy Slim. Photo by PD Rearick
In a recent New York Times profile, Jessy Slim (MArch Architecture 2021) reflects on how a 50-pound bag of chickpeas became the foundation for a body of work exploring memory, identity, and place. Slim began experimenting with chickpea clay during her graduate studies at Cranbrook Academy of Art, transforming the staple ingredient into sculptural vessels and textiles that evoke both domestic ritual and cultural fragmentation.
Now based in Oakland, CA, Slim continues to develop this work as a meditation on diasporic identity and the emotional landscape of home. Her first solo exhibition opens June 21 at Roll Up Project, featuring illuminated sculptures and architectural forms that blur the line between craft and contemporary art.
Learn more:
A Troubled Homeland Embodied in a Bag of Chickpeas – The New York Times
