voodoo raggedy ann
yesterday we attended the ribbon-cutting for the fredericton craft college's new gallery, 'the gallery', starting off its white-wall life with whitefeather's fifth solo show.
the image above was the only whitefeather piece google could find (credit the struts gallery), and it exemplifies WF's cheeky textilian feminism (what would be more clever than the cherry chintz? the frayed white cotton edges?). but let me describes her latest show-
the key piece in "beautiful/grotesque" is the poppet series- about two dozen little voodoo raggedy ann dolls scrapped together with fabric oddments, animal remnants (including a snake skin, bird skulls, feathers and fur), wax and real human hair. The poppets are nasty creatures with gorgeous bridal lace and blonde curls. they are all that is disgusting about our mortality and contrived cutural symbology- the poppet characters are instantly recognizable, beneath driping waxen features, as virgins, spinsters, witches, slaves, church ladies, prisoners, warriors and whores. and they are as tantalizing as barbie dolls.
WF also wows the technically curious with a huge woven "hair net" (much like a very nice hammock) cast over a corner of the room. Next to it is a braided rope of hand-spun hair fit for mooring a cannibalistic pirate ship. (everyone asks where she gets the hair and doubts the straightforward response that she buys it).
i urge everyone to check out whitefeather's profile:
http://www.cbc.ca/artspots/html/artists/whitefeather/
and more of fredericton's impressive art offerings:
posted by Grandmothers of Steel @ 3:41 PM
2 Comments:
just a quick note:
http://www.emergeartists.ca/
is the proper address!
fixed, thanks michelle.
Post a Comment
<< Home