the cover series
Her Cover Series re-imagines abstract paintings by noted Modernists — Sophie Tauber-Arp, Agnes Martin, On Kawara, Bridget Riley, Josef Albers, among others — into alternative non-painterly media: a silk-pleated Riley, a quilted Albers, an embroidered Lucio Fontana, a Mark Rothko tapestry.
A painting is a fabric (canvas) on which colour (paint) is applied. Textile is also a fabric but the colour is imbued, usually as a dye.
This work asks, why do the two media of painting and textile, materially so similar, enjoy such different status and separate histories? What can textile do that painting cannot, and vice versa?
Embroidered Concetto Spaziale, ‘Attese’ – Homage to Lucio Fontana, 2024.
Hand-stitched cotton on cotton-linen, 50x60cm.
Iron-on Kawara – Homage to the Date Paintings, 2024.
Iron-on decal on blue cotton/linen fabric, 20.5×25.5cm. In box with local-newspaper front pages from the same date, box 31.5x22x4cm. Source.
Stitched Islands – Homage to Agnes Martin, 2024.
Cotton embroidery thread on linen, 60x60cm. Source.
After Sophie Tauber-Arp, 2023.
Cross-stitched cotton thread on cotton/linen, framed, 43x43cm. Source.
Taped Gran Cairo – Homage to Frank Stella, 2024.
Masking tape on wood panel and lacquer, 55x55cm (x2) framed under glass. Source.
Bogus Boogie Woogie, 2023.
Sticky-back vinyl on birch board, 50x50cm. Source.
Silk-pleated Cool Edge – Budget Riley, 2023.
Silk, 139x125cm. Source.
Homage to the Pocket Square – Quilted Josef Albers, 2024.
Hand-stitched quilted silk, 145x120cm. Source.
Embroidered Concetto Spaziale – Homage to Lucio Fontana 2023.
Hand-stitched cotton embroidered on red cotton/linen fabric, 47x47cm framed.
Vinyl Movement in Squares – Budget Riley, 2024.
Sticky-back vinyl on MDF, 60x60cm. Source.
