Objects Sculptures Installations
The installation Forms of Loss·consists of three parts: a photograph, a reworked mass-produced statue, and a work of textile. The signal yellow returns in each work.
The photograph shows the moment just after Michelangelo's·Pietà·was attacked in 1972. During and after the attack, various elements got lost. With signal yellow thread, words that refer to these different forms of loss have been embroidered on the enlarged photograph.
The reproduction of Michelangelo's·Pietà·was made with a 3D printer and is sold to tourists in Rome. First, the sculpture was shrouded in translucent gauze, then the signal yellow embroidery thread was wrapped around it.
In the abstract textile work, the signal yellow embroidery thread that comes out of the cloth covers a deep dark blue cloth.
The signal yellow highlights, amongst others, forms of craftsmanship, sensory experience, and spirituality in the installation.
This work is part of the overarching investigation entitled Pietà, A Reconsideration of the Gesture.
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Forms of Loss
2020
Archival inkjet print on Tyvek, embroidery thread
94 x 79 cm.
Plywood, 3d printed agglomerate marble, textile, embroidery thread
30 x 100 x 30 cm.
Textile, embroidery thread
80 x 120 cm.
