Stitched In Time & Place
Curated by Diana Berek and Marianne Fairbanks, this exhibit of fibers informed media examines our lived experience of today's social, economic and political moment in history. While labor replacing technology has eliminated the necessity for hand work, we see a resurgence of interest in knitting, quilting and fiber based art and craft. What is at the heart of this? How do artists working in fiber media express their understanding of the relationship between fiber, it's history as women's work, as craft, yet also as product and commodity? Includes embroidery, quilt, applique, weaving, fabric construction, multi-media and other work addressing these issues of fiber.
A Performance at Opening by KNIT IT Chicago, a global art performance about caring and compassion. Performed by Inger Lena Gaasemyr, Jennifer Malloy & Susanna Doodeman. To learn more about KNIT IT, please visit www.brakstad.net.
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Miner's Blues
Diana Berek
Reconstructed fragments of used blue jeans
18"W x 16"H
Migrant Labor
Diana Berek
Reconstructed fragments of used blue jeans
20"W x 16"H
Print O' the Wave
Janet Atherton
8"W x 11"H (Framed)
Orange Crush (on left)
Barbara Koenen
Grenade Cosy
4"H x 4"D (Grenade) x 18"H (length of Crochet Cosy loop)
Flapper (on right)
Barbara Koenen
Grenade Cosy
4"H x 4" D
Orange Crush (Detail)
Barbara Koenen
Grenade Cosy
Flapper
Barbara Koenen
Grenade Cosy
4"H x 4" D
Queen of Diamonds
Mary Jo Bowers
24"W x 24"H
Parking Lot
Timothy Burke
30"W x 30"H
Landfill
Timothy Burke
30"W x 30"H
Keep It Buttoned
George Melichar
24"W x 30"H
The Toys Are Drying From Their Bath Like Ferns
Amy Mall
4"W x 61"H
The Toys Are Drying From Their Bath Like Ferns (Detail)
Amy Mall
Natural Selections
Judith Brotman
46"W x 56"H (Approximately)
Natural Selections (Detail)
Judith Brotman
Natural Selections (Detail)
Judith Brotman
Flea Circus
Dee Clements
8" (Diameter)
Papa Joes
Dee Clements
18"W x 14"H
Looking Glass
George Melichar
Cat Food
George Melichar
imbedded within
Nancy A. Bernardo
Digital print
24"H x 20"W
sound(ly) belly
Nancy A. Bernardo
Digital print
20"H x 24"W
Sketch 1 - 2005
Nathalie T. A. Pham
Fabric, wool, pompons, wax, plastic
12"W x 12"H x 3.5"D
Sketch 1 - 2005 (Detail)
Nathalie T. A. Pham
Sketch 2 - 2005
Nathalie T. A. Pham
Fabric, pompons, butterfly, cast eyeballs, wire
12"W x 12"H x 3.5"D
Stabat Mater (Hagar)
Michael Milano
Salt, gunpowder, turpentine and embroidery thread on velvet
36"W x 36"H
Stabat Mater (Hagar)
Detail of lower right corner
Michael Milano
Fidem (Sackcloth and Ashes)
Michael Milano
Gunpowder, spray-paint and embroidery thread on burlap mounted on canvas
24"W x 24"H
Birth of An Idea
Leslie Perrino
19"L x 6"W x 4"D
Spleen
M. Kate Faulkner
6.5"W x 7"H
History and Criticism #4 (greyed rainbow 2006)
Jovencio de la Paz
hand-woven natural and synthetic fibers
23“W x 30"H
History and Criticism #5 (there must be more – Agnes Martin)
Jovencio de la Paz
hand-woven natural and synthetic fibers
23“W x 30"H