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This work is made from a collection of photos taken from the streets of Barcelona.  Printed onto fabric and combined with vintage domestic textiles to create a patchwork.  The embroidered text, 'and every time i step off the curb Oscar Wilde whispers' refers to the famous Oscar Wilde quote, 'We are all in the gutter, but some of are looking at the stars'
We are all in the gutter means we all have our struggles, hard times and life problems. Some of us are looking at the stars” means that some rare humans, despite the challenges we face decide to remain positive, remain focused on our dreams and goals.

This work has been stretched across a frame with a wooden support and is ready to be hung.
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This work is made from a collection of photos taken from the streets of Barcelona.  Printed onto fabric and combined with vintage domestic textiles to create a patchwork.  The embroidered text, 'and every time i step off the curb Oscar Wilde whispers' refers to the famous Oscar Wilde quote, 'We are all in the gutter, but some of are looking at the stars'
We are all in the gutter means we all have our struggles, hard times and life problems. Some of us are looking at the stars” means that some rare humans, despite the challenges we face decide to remain positive, remain focused on our dreams and goals.

This work has been stretched across a frame with a wooden support and is ready to be hung.
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We Are All In The Gutter Collage

Aby Mackie

Spain

Collage, Fabric on Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric)

Size: 17 W x 33 H x 2 D in

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About The Artwork

This work is made from a collection of photos taken from the streets of Barcelona. Printed onto fabric and combined with vintage domestic textiles to create a patchwork. The embroidered text, 'and every time i step off the curb Oscar Wilde whispers' refers to the famous Oscar Wilde quote, 'We are all in the gutter, but some of are looking at the stars' We are all in the gutter means we all have our struggles, hard times and life problems. Some of us are looking at the stars” means that some rare humans, despite the challenges we face decide to remain positive, remain focused on our dreams and goals. This work has been stretched across a frame with a wooden support and is ready to be hung.

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Collage:Fabric on Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric)

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:17 W x 33 H x 2 D in

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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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