Not exact matches
N. Dash «s
first solo show with Untitled also includes small scale photo
collages based on cotton
fabric manipulated by the artist in her studio.
This material is widely available in Bernhardt's neighbourhood in Brooklyn and has been used as the foundation to her largest
fabric collage to date, which is being exhibited for the
first time.
The
first body of work that created international recognition for the artist was the «Flags» series (2005 — 2016), in which traditional
fabrics and objects are reworked as
collages that form various incarnations of the American and Iranian flags, exploring ideas of national belonging, as well as the conflicting role of flags as symbols of ideological and nationalistic violence.
To maximize the use of
fabric, I placed the pattern as shown in the
first picture of the
collage.