the cover series
The Cover Series re-imagines abstract paintings by noted Modernists — Sophie Tauber-Arp, Agnes Martin, On Kawara, Bridget Riley, Josef Albers — into alternative non-painterly media: a silk-pleated Riley, a quilted Albers, an embroidered Lucio Fontana, a Mark Rothko tapestry.
A painting is fabric (canvas) covered with colour (paint). Textile is fabric but the colour is imbued, usually as a dye.
Why do these two media, materially so similar, enjoy varying degrees status and separate histories? What can textile do that a painting can’t, 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.
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.
