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Matéria is pleased to present Tending Time, a solo exhibition of all new works by Detroit-based artist Megan Heeres.

“A slab of concrete with its aggregate rock and lime, is a slice of earth’s ancient history from a time-scale that we can barely comprehend. The Japanese knotweed plants, all around Detroit, grow at a break-neck pace that can take down a 50-year-old tree in a matter of a few months. I create handmade paper pulp from plants, a deliberate and repetitive process that forces me to slow down. Neighborhoods in Detroit are contending with a new sense of time, as development that …