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Out of the Ordinary's blank walls and vast amounts of space broken up by walls made the exhibition feel like a maze. There was quite a broad range of design methods and styles of work which was interesting to compare. Some artists more thought provoking than others, Susan Collis’ work was on first look nothing more than a sheet on the floor, but in fact on closer inspection it was an embroided beautiful piece of art, each 'paint mark' on the cloth was embroided on with very fine stitch.
Susan Collis
Another art piece that captured my imagination was ‘Topologies’ Made at the V&A, 2008 by Anne Wilson which was commissioned for exhibition only.
Scaled like a map ‘Topologies’ is made up off very small embroided shapes from a nature inspired source. Each embroided shape has a stark contrast in detail to the next from having heavily embroided shapes next to very fine lines and detail.
The composition is well placed and thought of.
‘Topologies’ looks like a birds eye view of the countryside, some areas look like clumps of trees, hills and villages when actually they are cells, fruits and plant life so it could also be a giant microscope slide.
She uses an animated film to bring the embroidery to life. Possibly to bring them back to how they were originally, a natural organ functioning on a living form.
The scale is complex, powerful, 2mx1.5m in length while the structure was delicate. A week was spent pinning different sized pins to the shapes made from various materials such as lace, thread, cloth, crochet, knitting and netting on a white board.
Anne Wilson is an internationally known contemporary artist who has been practising since the 1970s. She’s influenced by several important developments in contemporary art which took place after the 1960s. She’s also interested in the materials history and issues as they relate to human conditions.
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