Nancy Shaver is a sculptor and runs a store in Hudson, NY named Henry. The following are excerpts from a text by Ann Lauterbach for an upcoming catalog on the artist and shopkeeper, refers to both.

We, Nancy and I, share a love of necessary objects; objects that were made of necessity, in need.

With a purpose in mind. With, sometimes, limited material means.

We believe, also, that art is necessary.

The necessity of art is somehow implicated in the relationship between materials and purpose.

There is a fine line between purpose and use.

Nancy and I share a pleasure in these fine lines.

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Worn objects are the material equivalent of wise. This thought has been with me since the first flea market.

It has nothing to do with the frippery of antiques, nothing to do with the advancement of investment, nothing to do with Roadshow inheritance.

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Well if nothing else, art has given me a way to live, she said one day as I was leaving Henry’s inventory of foundlings.

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A Minimalist instruction: material and process revelatory of each other. Making as content.

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A tender, humorous delight in things as they are.

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Nancy as alchemist of this inception.

The new as/is insight.

The exhibition Retail will contain both sculpture and cash & carry items from Henry.