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Debra Smith "Shifting Vision #4" -- Abstract Vintage Silk Collage

2017

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Debra Smith Shifting Vision #4, 2017 pieced vintage silk 18 x 15 in. This original textile collage by Debra Smith features bold red silk squares carefully stitched with with layers of white silk to form a bold, abstract composition. Debra Smith's work is the result of both an intuitive process, formed from years of working with historic textiles, and a mindful practice. Each work is an open expression, constructed in an extraordinary way - with hours of stitching, embedding layer upon layer of material. With the visual sensibilities of a painter, Smith manipulates stripes and forms shapes with a gestural, geometric abstraction. She intuitively pieces found silk fabrics from vintage kimonos and men’s suit linings into a specific and well-developed visual language that relates more fully to drawing and painting than to the nature of textiles. Smith’s work has been exhibited across the United States over the past two decades, including Shifting Visions, Puerh (2019), Synesthesia: Collaboration of Senses, Studios INC (2019), and 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Olson-Larsen Gallery (2019). In 2012, Smith was honored as one of the Women to Watch 2012: Focus on Fiber & Textiles from The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. After living in Brooklyn, NY, for over a decade, Smith returned to her native Midwestern roots in 2004. She now lives in Kansas City, where she continues to create art from vintage textiles.
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    2017
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    Height: 18 in (45.72 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
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    New York, NY
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    Seller: smi0601stDibs: LU711637433

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