Not exact matches
«Babel»
weaves stories from Morocco, America, Mexico and Japan, all connected by the thoughtless act of a child, and demonstrates how each culture
works against itself to compound the repercussions.
A calligraphic leafed vine, painted in varying forms and colors
against different grounds, is a recurring motif in the new
work, which continues Amenoff's thirty - year exploration of an intense, romantic, physical, and densely
woven semi-abstract landscape vision based both on observation and personal interpretation of the natural world.
So voracious is the presence of the twelve
works in this focused retrospective of Al Loving's
work, set as they are
against the inert framing of the white cube, that they might be better described by the activities that resulted in their making: stack,
weave, layer, tear, cut, drip.
The luminous threads glinting in the artificial exhibition light make the large - scale
woven chandeliers seem alive — animated, flickering illumination and the complexity of the stitch
work against its black background.
Visual elements are reproduced, layered and repeated in
works that are individually crafted using complex casting, moulding and
weaving techniques, pitting the aggressive emptiness of manufacture
against the slow diligence of handiwork.