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Sculpture, Fabric on Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric)
Size: 16 W x 55 H x 12 D in
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Holding On.1 is a part of an ongoing series that explores the intrinsic value of domestic textiles as a vessel for memory. The work uses antique domestic textiles, such as bedding, curtains, rugs and tablecloths. Fabrics that have been an integral part of someones day to day life and infuses them with abandoned horse tack. The horse tack is a beautiful hand crafted object in itself , once so valued and now worthless in its loss of function.
Original Created:2019
Subjects:Abstract
Materials:Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric)
Styles:FolkAbstractFigurative
Mediums:FabricTextileFound ObjectsFiber
Sculpture:Fabric on Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric)
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:16 W x 55 H x 12 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.
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Aby Mackie is a Barcelona-based artist whose wall-based sculptures are unified through a materials-led methodology combining storytelling and social commentary. Recurring themes can be identified as materialism, consumerism, value and memory. Each series investigates the interconnectedness of these themes through the language of materials. Often in Barcelona, the contents of entire homes are either thrown onto the streets or auctioned off at Encants Vells market. The creation of Mackie’s work is driven by the selection and repurposing of objects and textiles from these two practices in order to explore ongoing cultural concerns. This roots Mackie’s artistic process in the everyday existence of the unrecognised, uncelebrated, unknown lives of Barcelona’s residents. Mackie is captivated by the unobvious silent material witnesses to a life lived; a worn bed sheet, a stained tablecloth, a moth-eaten gown. Such artefacts bare the marks and physicality of human nature, possessing a poetic power. They are simultaneously valuable in their uniqueness and worthless in their deteriorated, decontextualized state. Each piece created from these objects is therefore both the artist’s personal expression of the hidden memories embedded in the original items, and a way to explore the recycling and re-contextualising of meaning and value in contemporary society. The experience and memories of others, imagined and real, fuse seamlessly with Mackie’s own through the salvation, destruction and discordant juxtaposition of materials. A rich mix of influences can be seen through Mackie’s work in terms of concept, techniques, materials, subject matter and aesthetic sense, inviting the viewer to create their own connections and interpretations and encouraging personal storytelling through materiality.
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