Vertical Plot (Dark Matter Community Garden with Backwards Purpose), Amanda Ross-Ho 2009
This installation is by one of my favorite artists, Amanda Ross-Ho. Much of her work deals with detritus, and the relationship between craft and fine art. This piece was shown at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Art Center.
Her materials list for this piece: "9 canvas dropcloths, aluminum pushpins, graphite, black gesso, spraybottles, rags, embroidery scissors, yogurt containers, buckets, graduated containers, nitrile gloves, plastic cutlery, bobby pin, economy bristle brushes." Fantastic...
I particularly love how she turns drop cloths--typically used to catch all unintentional spills and mishaps--into the art object itself. They take on an almost lace-like quality as they are cut up, and stained with graphite.
Photo from Cherry and Martin. More:
http://www.cherryandmartin.com/artistDetail.php?id=11
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