Not exact matches
Lori Merhige's installation, Matriarch, explores family mythology and personal narrative through a reconsideration of a family heirloom — her
grandmother's
embroidery — repositioning it as part of a larger installation driven
by loss and reconciliation.
Peeling paint, electricity fuse boxes, and bus timetables take the place of the dragons and plum blossoms of the traditional
embroidery done
by her
grandmother.
As Zoloto recalls, these are inspired
by her
grandmothers, who used to do traditional
embroidery on dresses: «They sewed doll dresses for me, made amazing national Ukrainian
embroideries on the cloth... I loved to watch them so much.»