Similar to his thorny dining units in material and aesthetic, the metaphorical works speak to the inequities of education and cite the inherent limitations to achievement. The installation’s name references the tangled mass of prickly vegetation, an environment that’s only hospitable to some. It also attracts on the tales of the trickster Br’er Rabbit, a folklore tradition that originated in West and Southern Africa earlier than being repackaged as Joel Chandler Harris’s Uncle Remus tales.

A carefully curated assortment of whimsical art prints you won’t find elsewhere. Spacey Studios provides archival-quality framed prints in limited-edition rounds of 25 items from a curation of emerging North American and European artists. Prints can be customized with different body colors and sizes, and the platform also facilitates commissions with artists represented in its assortment. A favourite of the interior-design set, 1stdibs hosts a large stock of art from established galleries, from Old Master …