Mia Weiner
Lavender, 2019
Handwoven cotton and acrylic
188 x 147 cm
Copyright The Artist
£ 4,250.00
In the words of the Artist: Through poetics of the body, I investigate where bodies meet, cross, tangle, and where they pull away. My practice has always started from a...
In the words of the Artist:
Through poetics of the body, I investigate where bodies meet, cross, tangle, and where they pull away.
My practice has always started from a place of inquiry. Reconsidering classical imagery and the depiction of the female form in relation to contemporary views of gender, authority, and representation, I began my most recent series of tapestries. Engaging in histories of portraiture, I use my own body in each weaving, reclaiming agency in my depiction. In moments of erasure, subjectivities are removed, but the bodies assert their power by gazing back. Threads hang down as a reveal of material and tactility of the cloth, creating webs that mirror the interlacement of bodies. My work is about connection, both between bodies and cloth as a place of shared experience. Mediating photography through cloth, these tapestries begin to equalize the relationship between object and image. Using traditional and non-traditional textile techniques, I examine the space between bodies and where bodies meet.
Through poetics of the body, I investigate where bodies meet, cross, tangle, and where they pull away.
My practice has always started from a place of inquiry. Reconsidering classical imagery and the depiction of the female form in relation to contemporary views of gender, authority, and representation, I began my most recent series of tapestries. Engaging in histories of portraiture, I use my own body in each weaving, reclaiming agency in my depiction. In moments of erasure, subjectivities are removed, but the bodies assert their power by gazing back. Threads hang down as a reveal of material and tactility of the cloth, creating webs that mirror the interlacement of bodies. My work is about connection, both between bodies and cloth as a place of shared experience. Mediating photography through cloth, these tapestries begin to equalize the relationship between object and image. Using traditional and non-traditional textile techniques, I examine the space between bodies and where bodies meet.