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Annette Cords
Annette Cords, Crosstalk, 2013, Tapestry

2013

About the Item

Jacquard weaving is at once simple and complex. The language used to set up weave structures is straightforward and binary: the warp is either up or down. With the Jacquard loom, however, each warp thread moves independently, allowing for the fabrication of complex and intricate tapestries, and an almost infinite potential of markmaking. In my hand-woven Jacquard tapestries, I examine the twin practices of making and interpreting marks, of encoding and decoding. Drawing on a variety of sources, from the urban vernacular of graffiti to scientific recordings of decaying particles, I am interested in our attempts to make sense of the world through visual structures. We are surrounded by visual manifestations of data, information, and language - written words, marks rendered by hand, signs, diagrams, charts, scientific imaging, geological patterns – all of which contain the potential for meaning as well as misinterpretation. Each day presents the challenge of decoding the signs we encounter. In my tapestries I merge marks made by humans and nature, and translate them into a variety of weave structures. Not so much concerned with presenting a single interpretation, I see the layering of visual information as an invitation to potential readings and possible meanings.
  • Creator:
    Annette Cords (German)
  • Creation Year:
    2013
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 49 in (124.46 cm)Width: 41 in (104.14 cm)Depth: 0.5 in (1.27 cm)
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  • Condition:
    This is a hand-woven jacquard tapestry. There are loose threads at the ends of the selvage edges which have consciously been left unfinished. This has been done to allow the flow of creative spirit to enter and leave the work.
  • Gallery Location:
    Darien, CT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1722466782
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