Monday, May 10, 2010

Now presenting Mallory Steele

Within the past few days my writing style has picked up the form of a different hand. So, I though that I would welcome the intruder and invite him to write my artist statement. Here it goes.

Mallory Steele is an artist who has been bitten by the weaving bug. Rather than portraying traditional styles the work transcends the language of weaving and speaks the language of deconstruction and decay. Her infatuation with the reverse process goes deep into her senses that, in comparison to her work, are actively failing. The unstructured structures are compressions of time that begin to portray death and birth within the same breath. By letting go of what is expected by the norm she asks that the viewer look into the past in order to understand the present state of the work.

Also the words were able to form by the ability to discuss it to others for copious amount of time. I think I have been able to narrow it down to the "elevator statement." Thank you Chrissy Day!

1 comment:

  1. You are welcome Mallory. And one more thought to ruminate on for now- the last line of the Thinking Through Craft book by Glenn Adamson:

    "Thinking through craft is a useful exercise, and never more so than when it creates uncertainty."

    I think too the metaphor of your body and the fact that you create a body of sorts when you weave is an important action at work with your work...

    Have a thoughtful summer!

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