08/22/2026
Hot Shot
37 x 43 inches
cellphone video screenshot printed on chiffon, neon polyester, upholstery foam, cotton batting, and thread on panel
Coulter Fussell
MAX HOT, a new exhibition of textile works by Coulter Fussell, will be on display August 27 – September 26. The exhibition will feature 23 new works. MAX HOT comes on the heels of THE PROVING GROUND, a retrospective exhibition at the Mississippi Museum of Art. This will be Fussell’s first gallery exhibition since her May 2024 Southside Gallery solo show, 24 FLOWERS: A DAY.
MAX HOT is a highly anticipated exhibition, marking the first opportunity for collectors to see an entire body of work focusing on Fussell’s custom-printed chiffon fabric, featuring images of photographs and Kodachrome slides made by her father and screenshots taken from her teenage sons’ Snapchat videos. Fussell composes layers of donated and found textiles beneath the translucent chiffon. Many of the works are also upholstered. These methods give them a degree of three - dimensionality, harkening back to Fussell’s use of lenticular postcards from her WAR QUILTS series. The “donated” photos and screenshots carry on the legacy of Fussell’s practice of working with donated textiles, a signature characteristic of her work. Themes of chance, luck, and tension, often explored by the artist, are on full display in this collection. Fussell has zeroed in on the things that intrigue her most.
Bold, bright colors, another mainstay in Fussell’s work, are at the forefront of MAX HOT. These exciting compositions share a symbiotic relationship with the viewer, where both crave attention from the other. Fussell’s luscious florals, her blood red tondos, and her radiating purple upholsteries demand to be looked at, lusted after, and desired. Boundaries of color and temperature in the landscapes of MAX HOT are tested and pushed beyond excess. The show is aptly titled.
