Anat Shinar | Inherited, Invented

About the Exhibition
In her first installation for HAIR+NAILS, Anat Shinar explores how memories occupy space. In rediscovering childhood objects, Shinar organizes her associations as they trigger certain essential narratives. Shinar’s art practice is anchored in dance and yet she is a compulsive collector. Inherited, Invented resides in this tension — she loves how dance is fleeting and yet also honors her attachment to objects. As a child of immigrant parents, she feels objects hold more emotional weight than places. The choreographer in her is sensitive to the temporal landscapes of creation here. The recreation of her childhood room in the HAIR+NAILS back room combines: months of planning (sourcing bespoke Smurf wallpaper), COVID-era extreme precautions in coordination with her parents (Iowa visits and quarantining of furniture), and an inventive approximation of her shag carpet with painted mulch. 

About the Artist
Anat Shinar is a Minneapolis-based dancer, choreographer, contemporary multidisciplinary performance artist, educator, curator, and member of Fresh Oysters Performance Research collective. She graduated from the University of Minnesota with a 

BFA in Dance and a BA in Visual Arts, and completed her Master’s degree in Arts and Cultural Leadership, also at the UMN. Her work has been commissioned by and presented at Center for Performance Research (Brooklyn), The Minnesota Museum of American Art, Walker Art Center, Pillsbury House Theater, Red Eye Theater, Southern Theater, The Soap Factory, SooVAC, and the Bryant-Lake Bowl. She is the Director of Community Partnerships at Young Dance, a dance education non-profit, as well as a Teaching Artist for Young Dance and the Cowles Center, working with students of all ages and abilities. Anat was a 2018 Naked Stages Fellow at Pillsbury House Theater in Minneapolis. 

Gallery Hours
Saturdays/Sundays, 2:00-6:00 and by appointment through September 26.   

HAIR+NAILS’ Covid-19 Safety Plan
Gallery capacity will be reduced to 10 people at a time. Masks will be required in the gallery and individually-wrapped new masks provided. Several hand-sanitizing stations and a hand-washing sink in the gallery. HAIR+NAILS gallery attendants queried for symptoms before every shift. 6-foot social distancing requested in both the gallery and the frontyard/backyard waiting areas. Individual appointments available for visitors and their companions who live with greater concern for contracting COVID-19.    
 

This exhibition will show concurrently with exhibitions by Moises Salazar & Cameron Downey.