A barber’s chair sits in The Gallery at the Austin Central Library. The leather is creased and worn. Stuffing pokes out from one corner of the seat. An ashtray on the armrest reveals its age.
A 5-foot-tall photograph of Kevin Asberry looking through the window of Marshall’s Barber Shop hangs on the wall behind it. The photo is one of about a dozen in the new “Holding Spaces” exhibit.
“He’s looking out over the chair,” photographer Steven Hatchett said. “He sees this as a prized possession.”