Giant Runt Gallery will present "Reattach Me to My Body," a solo exhibition showcasing the work of Alexis Mabry. The exhibit marks Mabry’s return to Fort Worth with all new work and her first solo show since earning her MFA at Virginia Commonwealth University. Here work is emblematic of the next wave, conceptually personal yet sincere and materially free without self-consciousness.

Spurred by personal observations of a profound disconnect between mind and body, Mabry weaves together disembodied and fragmented experiences from modern life into radical quilts. Quiltmaking, often associated with comfort, storytelling, and unity, is spliced with fragmented digital images, disembodied objects, and B-horror movie imagery.

In horror movies, disembodiment and gore serve as visceral metaphors for the breakdown of identity, where the separation of the body becomes a symbol for the loss of control, agency, and the fear of the unknown. Mabry balances this darkness with humor, leaning into the absurdities inherent to the horror genre, pop culture, and our current virtual landscapes.

The results are large-scale, brightly-colored quilts made with paint, textiles, and assemblage that use collage to confront, rearrange, and distort images and materials, exposing underlying societal contradictions and disconnections inherent to the world people live in.