KATHRYN SPENCE NEW WORKS October 5 - November 11, 2000 BIOGRAPHY PRESS RELEASE San Francisco Chronicle, October 14, 2000 |
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| For this exhibition, Spence has created installations that suggest the transformative aspects of sorting, organizing and cleaning. The new installation plays with aspects of scale and the relationship between the real and the made, the specific and the arbitrary, the concrete and the abstract. Amongst the exhibited works will be small squirrels and piles made from various cloths and materials, as well as birds, sparrows and robins made out of street trash, wire and string. In recent past exhibitions, Spence made Mud Animals that were literally coated with layers of dirt from her garden and appeared to be dejected and leaden. The effect is one that elicits both pathos and a sense of humanity. Her created objects are made to look both vulnerable and fragile by her use of ephemeral materials. | |
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Works, 2000 Installation View Stephen Wirtz Gallery |
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| Untitled (5
Wrens, 1 Blackbird, 1 Paper bag, 1 Blue Jay, 1 Robin), 2000 thread, trash, lint, string, wire, fabric scraps size varies 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4" - 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 3" |
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| Untitled (Detail
- 1 Robin, 2 Wrens), 2000 thread, trash, lint, string, wire, fabric scraps robin 6 1/2 x 6 x 3", wrens ea. 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4" |
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| New
Works, 2000 Installation View Stephen Wirtz Gallery |
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| Untitled (5
Wrens, 1 Blackbird), 2000 thread, trash, lint, string, wire, fabric scraps size varies 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 1 1/2" - 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3" |
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| Untitled (Detail
- Wren), 2000 thread, trash, lint, string, wire, fabric scraps 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 x 1 1/2" |
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| Untitled (Couch
with Elements), 2000 fabric, stuffing, wood, newspaper, thread 3 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 4 1/2" |
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| Untitled (Chair
with Laundry), 2000 fabric scraps, stuffing, wood shelf 6 1/4 x 4 x 4" |
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| Untitled
(Laundry), 2000 fabric strips, metal wire, newspaper, plastic, beads, lint 7 1/2 x 12 x 10" |
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| New
Works, 2000 Installation View Stephen Wirtz Gallery |
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| Untitled (Pin
Cushions on Newspaper), 2000 thread, fabric scraps, newspaper, sock, metal pins size varies 1 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2" - 7 1/2 x 12 x 13" |