In these works, the form within the composition is intercepted by planes and lines that both construct the impression of an actual space and simultaneously eradicate that impression. Made both in LA and Virginia, Gabrielle meditates on the act of being away or at home, how the absence or presence of a ground suggests a fluctuating scale for the architectural elements found in her stitched works.
I imagine that when I am home, I have a fixed shape and proportion in regard to my surroundings, and when I am away my scale fluctuates in relation to the place. I am seeking my shape, navigating my edges.
While unsettling, there is a freedom.
DIMENSIONS
15 x 17.25 inches
FRAMED DIMENSIONS
Floated: 19.5 x 21.75 x 1.25 inches
AUTHENTICATION
The work comes with a Certification of Authenticity signed and numbered by the Co-Founder of Tappan
In this piece I cut up watercolors I did in South Africa and collaged them into a scene reminiscent of both the White House and a plantation. I was thinking of it as a symbolic act of stealing what was made in Africa, then destroyed, displaced, and dispersed into America.
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Q. What influences you?
A. Architects. Hindu Time. The history of math. Couture. Koans.
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