Remix: Collaborative Art Exhibition
On view from October 6-November 26, 2023 in the Upfront Gallery of Artspace
The creative process is different for every artist. So what happens when a piece in progress is taken away from one artist and given to another to “finish”?
This question is explored in Artspace’s exhibition “Remix”, featuring collaborative artwork from Artspace’s tenant artists. Each featured artist submitted a work of art that began as a study, test, or was an unresolved piece that they felt stuck on. From there, the pieces were redistributed to other creatives and “reacted to”.
‘“What is Handmade?” : A Collaborative Painting Between Jaclyn Sanders and Debbie Secan
Artwork: ‘“What is Handmade?”, Acrylic Painted Fabric, Acrlyic Paint, Wood Rods, 2023
The piece that I completed began as a stretched fabric painting from fellow tenant artist, Debbie Secan.
Exploring the concept of “handmade” art, this work merges two seemingly different styles that are both technically made by hand. Unifying opposites, this work creates a dialogue between flat color blocks and textured fabric as they ineract with and create the shadows that are seen in the piece.
Behind The Scenes Of The Work In Progress:
Collaboration with Debbie Secan
Debbie finds subject matter for her work in the landscape around her, the weather, the tides and our interruption of that landscape. She has always been a weaver. She organizes what she sees by creating woven, interlaced, embroidered and layered canvases, using tools from a lifetime of fiber and textile design experience while abandoning the rules of the trade. She paints to announce the texture, enhance the color, and create mystery. Apart from the stretcher bars that are my frame loom, She uses all reclaimed materials in her work, not only for environmental reasons, but to exploit the breadth of resources we discard. In every piece she asks herself a new question about her process and trys something that she has never done before.
View more of Debbie Secan's work here.
Remix Exhibition Mission:
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