New Web Site
So I now have an official website, I hope that all of you will check it out. For some reason you can't find it when you google my name, that will be fixed soon.
http://www.annieaube.com
Artist Statement
Art for me is a very tactile experience. It should engage the viewer in a very physical way. Either a physical sensation created by layers of visual texture within the piece or literal texture i.e. rough felt, soft silk, etc. My ideal show would be one where everything was open and allowed to be touched. I like my work to be ambiguous; I want my viewers to come to their own conclusions about what I’m trying to say. I thrive on the chance that is involved in making a piece; the happy-accident is something that I live for. I also use Irony in my work, all of my “blankets” are completely useless, I love that idea that something which has all these perceived connotations is turned completely around thus shedding light on the object and on the perceptions that our culture takes for granted. For me art is a window into those things which go unseen every day (the mundane), or which our culture does not want to see (the taboo).
Resume
- EDUCATION
- Bachelors of Arts in Art 2006
- SHOWS
- Members Exhibition, IGCA, Jan 1st- 31st 2007
- 100 x 100 Exhibition, International Gallery of Contemporary Art, Oct. 28th-Nov. 26th 2006
- No Big Heads, University of Alaska, Nov. 1st– 23rd 2006
- Stitched Together (solo senior show), Mat-Su College, Oct 10th-18th 2006
- Palmer Arts Council Pavilion, August 24th-September 4th. 2006
- Fiber Arts Student Showcase, Mat-Su College, November 2005
- ORGANIZATIONS
- Valley Fiber Arts Guild, 2006-2007
- Palmer Arts Council, 2006-2007
- International Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2006-2007
Why Fiber Arts?
Some of you might be wondering why I chose something as obscure as Fiber arts, instead of painting or sculpture. One of the things that I like about fiber arts which you cannot get with any other medium, a physical closeness. We as human beings have a close relationship with cloth, so close that we don't even perceive it most of the time. Cloth has been what has allowed us to live in cold climates (like Alaska), and to keep warm at night in the dessert. Every morning we drap ourselves in cloth, and when we go to bed at night. I like the idea of using something so taken for granted. Some of my art work is perceived as being somewhat creepy, this could be because of the closeness people instictually feel towards cloth and the way that I have used it to make them feel some what uncomfortable.
Devotional clothes
This is one of the new pieces which I finished before Christmas. I call them devotional clothes because, I have written prayers out on the fabric and then stitched around the words. This one here is quilted and backed with burlap.
This is a close up of some of the stitching.
I got the idea for these pieces from these great African vests that I saw. The vests were padded in order to provide the wearer from a certian amount of physical danger. At the same time though they had passages from the Koran hand written onto the fabric. These passages were to also keep the wearer from being hurt. I thought that was a facinating idea so I created these pieces with that same idea in mind.
3 comments:
Annie - I like the devotional clothes. What a neat idea!!! Would love to see them in person. It's nice to hear about your inspirations for your work. Your are so creative and insightful
I like this one a lot. You should make the whole picture larger so that we can read the writing on it. It's good that you write about how you thought up the idea.
That annonymous comment was from me by the way...
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