World of Threads Festival
Protrusion
2012 Exhibition: Artwork
The four artists in this exhibition are unified by the idea of protrusion. Some pieces spike out from the surface while others penetrate from one floor to the next. Featuring wall and installation work.
Photography by Gareth Bate
Magda Wojtyra
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Polytopia (Reef), 2011, 100" tall x 140" wide, Post manufacturing industry and mill-end scrap textiles including canvass, upholstery, vinyl, nylon, foiled nylon wall covering, ripstop and waterproof fabrics, thread, staples. Technique: Pyramids are sewn and assembled to each other by stapling.
Polytopia (Reef), detail.
Polytopia (Reef), detail.
Polytopia (Reef), detail.
Polytopia (Reef), detail.
Curator
- Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Gareth Bate
Artists
- Canada: Ontario: Toronto: Ying-Yueh Chuang, Lynn Kelly, Robyn Thomas, Magda Wojtyra.
Lynn Kelly
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cycles of Life, main trunk approx. 24" diameter & 13' tall. Felt, wire and wood, reaching from floor to ceiling. The felt trunk, root and branches are sewn, frayed, painted, and cut to obtain the texture of wood bark.
Cycles of Life. This section is on the floor above; looking like the tree has grown through the ceiling below.
Gallery
- 401 Richmond Street West, public space and Roastery Cafe.
City
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Dates
- Nov. 2 - Dec. 2, 2012
Robyn Thomas
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Flare, 2011, (152.4cm x 152.4cm x 12.7cm), pages from Flare magazines, twine, staples, wooden stretcher, Technique: rag rug.
Flare, detail.
Ying-Yueh Chuang
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Installation view, Flower Series.
Installation view, Flower Series.
Flower Series #2, 2011, Porcelain and Fabric, 140x70x7.5 cm. Hand-build, commercial reproduced vintage fabric.
Flower Series #3, 2011, Porcelain and Fabric, 120x80x6 cm. Hand-build, commercial plastic fabric.
Flower Series #1, 2011, Porcelain and Fabric. Hand-build, commercial reproduced vintage fabric.
Flower Series #4, 2011, Porcelain and Fabric, 140x70x3.5 cm. Hand-build, commercial reproduced vintage fabric.
Installation view, Flower Series.
Installation view, Flower Series.
