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Artist:
Lia Cook, born Ventura, CA 1942  Search this
Medium:
cotton
Dimensions:
160 x 56 in. (406.4 x 142.2 cm)
Type:
Decorative Arts-Fiber
Crafts
Date:
2001
Exhibition Label:
To create her expressive "woven paintings," Lia Cook paints strips of fabric and weaves them together with a computer-aided handloom. Despite the use of high-tech tools, her figures appear lifelike, emphasizing the connection between the sensuousness of cloth and lived experience. In Traces: Big Beach Baby, Cook also uses fabric to suggest humankind's vulnerability and fragility: as the viewer moves closer to the work, an intimate family portrait dissolves into a dense field of threads.
Connections: Contemporary Craft at the Renwick Gallery, 2019
Topic:
Landscape\beach  Search this
Figure\child\bust  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance in honor of Kenneth R. Trapp, curator-in-charge of the Renwick Gallery (1995--2003)
Copyright:
© 2001, Lia Cook
Object number:
2004.2
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Renwick Gallery
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk790f0f974-4f81-4344-85c3-52fcf1dc4f75
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2004.2