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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New
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" |
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