COLOR STUDY
cotton threads, nail, wooden frame, 2200 x 1800 mm, 2023
Curated by Alojz Babic
Walker Street Gallery, 2023
SHE of Mind and Body
The exhibition SHE has over 20 years of history at the Walker Street Gallery. SHE of mind and body depicted the multilayered and complicated aspects of being a Woman today. It showcased the depth of textiles as a medium and its ability to speak without words. While there was a time, when the medium was considered merely a form of craft, more recent discourse has placed it at the forefront of contemporary art.
In 2023, the SHE exhibition presented a celebration of ten female textile artists: Danielle (Dans) Bain, Anna Farago, Neroli Henderson, Georgia MacGuire, Chaco Kato, Vonda Keji, Caroline Phillips, Nusra Qureshi, Ema Shin, and Kate V M Sylvester.
Artist statement:
This site-specific installation continues my career-long exploration of the boundaries between painting and sculpture. Using only fine cotton thread as my primary vocabulary, I constructed a 2.2-meter-high field of interwoven lines that blurs the line between two-dimensional surface and three-dimensional space.
The work emphasizes "making-in-the-moment"—an improvisational approach where the physical act of layering becomes as significant as the final form. Rather than following a predetermined planning, the piece grew through an intuitive, on-site dialogue between my body and the materials.
By layering threads horizontally and vertically, I sought to push the possibilities of minimal materials, creating a surface that vibrates with the nuanced color shifts of an Impressionist painting. It is an intersection where the tactile nature of thread transcends into a non-material field of light and color.
