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Check Out These Intriguing Textile Installations By Sarah Zapata

Chris L — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:16:00 +0000

There is something surprisingly appealing about big patches of colorful fabric joined together. Their fuzzy appearance makes you want to touch them and enjoy their softness. But while you can easily do this with rugs and wall decorations, you might want to keep your hands to yourself if you ever happen to come across textile installations by Sarah Zapata.

Zapata is a Texas native who creates intriguing textile art installations that feature high columns or various grounded shapes covered in fabric. Her works transform the space, taking the viewer on an exciting journey through the world of fabric one piece at a time.

“I’m always thinking about how to occupy opposites and how to really be both and neither,” Zapata explained her approach to installations in a recent chat with Colossal. “I’m always trying to lean into this in-between space, not only physically but thinking about that in terms of time and accessing past, futurity, existing in the present, always this amorphous sense of time.”

Zapata’s art is strongly influenced by the textile traditions from Peru, the country where her father was born. Textile has played a major part in Peruvian history, and artworks using fabric can be dated back to the Paracas people, who lived in the area around 600 BC. Textile still has an important role in Peruvian culture, being used in ceremonies or as gifts for special occasions.

You will be able to see Zapata’s works in person at some of her upcoming exhibitions in Kansas City’s Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. If you can’t make it there, check out some of her textile art below.

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Portuguese Artist Creates Fascinating Textile Sculptures

Dan J — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 08:22:00 +0000

Most of us played with wool yarn when we were kids. There is something about colorful threads that spark curiosity and creativity even if they are not used for crocheting or knitting. But Portuguese artist Joao Bruno Videira is one of those people who remained fascinated with the wool yarn even when he grew up and made it the focal point of his artistic endeavor.

Videira creates intricate textile sculptures by interlinking wool yarn into various types of objects. His complex works vary in size and shape, consisting of thousands of threads meticulously lined up to form mesmerizing vibrant patterns inspired by geometry.

He developed a fondness for wool yarn thanks to his mother, who made Arraiolos rugs as a hobby. Now, he uses the same type of wool for his sculptures.

“Its characteristics—resistance, malleability, texture, and color—make it special and distinct from other natural fibers. And my work reflects this difference,” Videira revealed in a recent chat with My Modern Met.

Besides his textile sculptures, Videira makes other wool yarn objects and artworks. This includes wool paintings and wool-decorated furniture like chairs and benches.

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