This is the first comprehensive presentation of the work by the late pioneering American fiber artist Yvonne Pacanovsky Bobrowicz (1928-2022).  It is focused on the evolution of her iconic Cosmic series and the artist’s development from loom-based woven works to luminous suspended monofilament fiber sculptures. as well as the artist’s stunning achievements with both natural and man-made fibers. The Cosmic series of knotted monofilament sculptures was first exhibited at the 14th International Biennale of Textiles in the Musee Cantonal des Beaux Arts Lausanne Switzerland in 1989.  Works from this series were later collected by the Art Institute of Chicago and Philadelphia Museum of Art. Fascinated by the universal principles of opposition and complementarity, like the yin and the yang, Bobrowicz weaved light to shadows in the “Cosmic series”. The works reflect her fascination with Quantum physics, psychology and eastern mysticism. She talked about it in passionate terms and would frequently quote the 1975 Fritjof Capra best seller “The Tao of Physics”. Bobrowicz also felt close to James Turrell and Dan Flavin. She shared their preoccupations with light and space and aimed at a haptic sensory experience

"My work has been combining natural materials with synthetics, relating opposites, randomness and order – dark, light, reflective, opaque, illumination to dematerialization, exploring cosmic energy fields. I have been knotting clear monofilament, a man-made fiber that transmits light, combining it with natural linen, opaque and light absorbent, incorporating gold leaf, reflective and alchemically symbolic – unifying them in a variety of densities, scale, and configurations. I am interested in kinetics – dynamic pattern/resultant forms in space-time. "  Yvonne Pacanovsky Bobrowicz.