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.
Kali
So this is my latest embroidery, I just finished it last night and now that I look at it I think his penis needs a little work either to be made bigger or to be outlined and made more prominate. So the "he" that I'm talking about is the Siva. Siva is the god of destruction in the Hindu pantheon. A better way of saying that is that he is the god of destruction in order for creation to continue. The subject of death and regeneration is something that I really enjoy. Well anyway this embroidery isn't about him any way. The Embroider is all about Kali, she is the one on top with the sword and severed head. The head is no ones in particular just a part of most of the pictures I've seen, it could be the head of one of the Demons who she is said to have killed. So Kali is a facinating godess and a many faceted one. She is the savior of the gods but at the same time she can destroy the world if her blood lust gets out of control. She is prayed to for help in child birth but at the same time followers of Kali will sacrifice young children and infants to her. I have to say that the reason that I chose Kali for an embroidery is because she is a fearsom female, and that she is dominating over Siva. I was facinated with her since I first saw her. For more infromation on Kali check out
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali
1 comment:
Your depiction is very creative. Your explanation is somewhat lacking. yes, it is a demon's head, and the only thing that she has been known to destroy is demons. She is not dominating Shiva. Kali is indeed very powerful, being the shakti, or creative power in the universe. Shiva has balanced out her energy by laying down on the battlefield. When Kali comes to him, she "wakes-up" to the blood lust she has been caught up in, as her love for Shiva, she realizes, is more important. Thus, she is usually shown with her tongue sticking out in astonishment that she was so "lost". The severed head symbolizes the cutting off of ego, which she offers to us as her gift. Neither Shiva nor Shakti (Kali) would be worth very much without the other, and neither one dominates. Both aspects are in us as humans, and it usually serves us well to keep them in balance. Awareness without creation is impotent, and creation without awareness is pure chaos.
Well, thanks for your beautifully focused and aware creativity.
CIAO- Bhakti Dass
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