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#Daniel Dewar
#Grégory Gicquel
#quilts
#sculpture
#textiles
#wood
The time period “spoke” has historically referred to a chunk of break up log, like these used as helps in a wagon wheel. Conventional basket-making strategies draw on that very same idea by weaving versatile materials via a stronger framework. For French inventive duo Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel, notions of interlaced strands, patterns, ecosystems, and vessels form their solo exhibition, The Weaver and the Spoke, at Antenna Space in Shanghai.
Permaculture, a land administration strategy geared towards working with, slightly than towards nature, suffuses Dewar and Gicquel’s work, which regularly depicts animals and habitats coexisting alongside interspersed human-made components. The chart-like quilts take cues from people artwork or early pure historical past illustrations, the place natural world intermingle with objects the artists make use of of their studio, like thread and stitching machines. Knitted sweaters, woven loafers, and snail shells proceed their curiosity in repetition, receptacles, and protecting layers.
Dewar and Gicquel toy with the distinctions between artwork and performance. The standard objective of quilts as mattress coverings enhances sculptures that double as storage, like in “Oak cupboard with woven idler shoe and leg.” Hats and footwear nod to the garment trade, making a lighthearted comparability between textile’s pliable position all through high quality artwork, craft, attire, and ornamental arts.
The Weaver and the Spoke continues via Might 11. See extra on the artists’ Instagram.
#Daniel Dewar
#Grégory Gicquel
#quilts
#sculpture
#textiles
#wood
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