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Iviva Olenick
Portrait as my grandmother - embroidered textile portrait floral colorful motifs

2017

About the Item

Iviva Olenick's new works is a tribute to her family stories. She interviews family members, look at old photographies but forgoes the photograph completely, embroidering, instead, a tangible remembrance of her ancestors. To create her images, she cuts and pastes old photographs to include female, Jewish ancestors from different decades and families, honoring a shared history of having worked with textiles and sewing. By splicing together unrelated photographs, Olenick threads a personal narrative that feels unknowable as part of a larger European Jewish history laced with flight and migration. She then embroiders versions of these interwoven photographs, imagining herself part of a matriarchal tradition through her mother’s and father’s deceased parents and grandparents. Item Description: Portrait as my grandmother beading and applique on fabric 40 x 20 inches 2017 This item is not framed
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    2017
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    Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU4341799423
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