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Catherine Noury

Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Catherine Noury

Catherine Noury “Le manteau d’été” 2008 © Galerie Sit Down

Sit Down website has a slideshow of Catherine Noury’s artwork. The work is best seen in the full-screen view on the site. This is a small screenshot of one of her pieces. Noury is using multiple fiber techniques like embroidery and collage to create these beautiful pieces. The series of dresses are said to be in butterfly boxes. Pinned and folded and sewn in perfect moments of time. The wrapped Algues below is quite different in feeling. More of coral and the sea and light and air.

Catherine Noury, Algues, 2010 © Galerie Sit Down

Catherine Noury, Algues, 2010 © Galerie Sit Down

Here is a link to artcatalyse.com for another article about the work. I would like to see a better English translation of what she says of her work. Most articles are in French and I am only understanding bits and pieces via online translators. Anyone who knows of her work, please help me by commenting on any mistakes or assumptions I have made of her work.

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Jean Shin, TEXTile

Sunday, March 11th, 2012
TEXTile by Jean Shin.

TEXTile, computer keys, misc materials ©2006 Jean Shin

Jean Shin works with common castoffs building sculpture that comments on the materials she uses as she creates each piece of art.

I am intrigued by her use of materials, her conceptualization and her construction techniques. The repetitiveness of the process and some of her materials cross over into a fabric-like realm. She has taken clothing and deconstructed and again reconstructed them into complete installations. The people working with her collaborate and become a community that has to really communicate to get the work done without complication.

Her collections of materials (vinyl records, pill bottles, shoes, pots and pans, losing lottery tickets) and what her response is to the materials becomes an installation filled with multiple meanings.

Her website contains slides of her work and discusses the concepts to each piece. It is well worth exploring. Also view the American Art Museum 2009 video showing some of her process with Curator Joanna Marsh, interviewer.

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Susan Taber Avila

Monday, August 15th, 2011
Susan Taber Avila, The Garden Wall 2009

detail: Susan Taber Avila, The Garden Wall 2009, 9′ x 30′ x 1′ — photo by Larry Gawel

Susan Taber Avila, Professor of Design at University California Davis held a 2010 solo exhibit at University of Nebraska Lincoln titled Oh Naturale. The video is of Ms Avila describing her working method and theme of the exhibit.

The layering of the fabrics, netting, stitching and text isn’t entirely clear in the photo, but in the video the structure becomes quite evident. The back layer is a digitally printed silk photo of a garden wall in Berkeley. The middle layer is laser-cut leaves on a grid. The machine-embroidered text are words describing what makes us happy — what we wish for in an Eden-like garden. There is text of the subject lines in email spam Ms Avila has collected. The lines promise ways to make us happy, strong, rich, powerful.

The entire video is just over 14 minutes and continues her talk of other pieces in the show. It is an excellent example of what an artist is thinking about when creating work.

Does anyone know of other artists influenced or taught by Ms Avila? Please comment if you do.

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Lia Cook video

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

I am familiar with Jacquard looms and thought that Lia Cook must be using one for her latest weavings. I believe she is using a digital loom by Digital Weaving Norway. You can view the brochures and catalogs on their site for more information.

Her digitizing of older small photos and transferring the imagery to a woven large piece is meticulously done. I can only imagine the experience of seeing them from a distance and then in a very abstract way once viewed up close. This video is a wonderful closeup of Doll Face V by Lia Cook.

Cook’s scientific exploration of neuroscience and art with the University of Pittsburgh TREND program is a fascinating direction. How much difference  is there when the brain responds to a photo versus a weaving of the same photo? Using Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) and TractVis software to view the connections running through the brain, rotating and overlapping these images onto the woven faces and then creating a new weaving from the combination of what our brain sees and the brain tracts is a holistic way of bringing the viewer and the viewed together. Remarkable.

I am hoping to see these works, but until I do, please comment if you have been able to view them.

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Judith Poxson Fawkes – “Weaving a Chronicle”

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

Judy is a friend of mine. Her work is shown at Laura Russo Gallery in Portland, OR. Much of it architectural in theme, I’ve admired her tapestry art since the 80s.

When I found her book “Weaving a Chronicle” at the local library I learned a lot of the background of her education and work. I found it interesting reading – her thoughts on her own work, her Cranbrook years, information on the commissions she has done, and a bit on her tapestry technique. The work is well documented with photos of the tapestries – some in their permanent locations.

The best news is that she is in the process of updating the book. Let me know what you think of her work.

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