Caitlin McCormack

Spire

2017

"After Work Installation" is an original needlepoint embroidery and vintage object artwork measuring approx. 45"h x 38"w x 25"d made by Ulla-Stina Wikander....

This found object sculpture titled "Tape recorder" is an original artwork by Ulla-Stina Wikander made of needlepoint embroidery and vintage object. Her i...

"Desert Boots" is an original needlepoint embroidery and vintage object artwork measuring approx. 5"h x 9.5"w x 11"d made by Ulla-Stina Wikander. Ulla-St...

This found vintage object sculpture titled "Gramophone" is an original artwork by Ulla-Stina Wikander made of needlepoint embroidery and vintage...

This found object sculpture titled "Thermos and Mug" is an original artwork by Ulla-Stina Wikander made of needlepoint embroidery and vintage ob...

"Fruit Mixer" is an original needlepoint embroidery and vintage object artwork measuring approx. 7"h x 6"w x 8"d made by Ulla-Stina Wikander. Ulla-Stina Wikander was born 1957 in Ku...

Figurative installation sculpture of women's undergarment 'White Slip', made in Kate Hamilton 2011 glassine paper, thread, bra strap connector 41 x 21 inches - depth variable This...

Figurative still life installation sculpture of a wrinkled women's slip 'Stenciled Slip', 2012 glassine paper, thread, bra strap connectors, ribbon wire, spray pain 41 x 21 inches (d...

Figurative still life installation sculpture of wrinkled tee shirt Tee-Shirt, 2019 by Kate Hamilton glassine paper and thread 22 x 20 inches (depth dimensions variable) This contemp...

Child's Shirt, 2010 Figurative installation sculpture of wrinkled tee shirt glassine paper and thread 19 x 24 inches (depth dimensions variable) This contemporary installation sculp...

My Emotional Baggage Carts are vessels to dispose of racial trauma. The act of making, weaves the sting of macro and microaggressions into the cart, freeing me from these constraints. Each recovered shopping cart is unique, but they all are woven with upcycled materials like rope, paracord, grocery bags, rope lights, beads, fabric, and bottle caps. The cart is with a protective zip tie blanket to trap trauma and prevent its escape. For me, my Emotional Baggage Carts are a release, for you, they are an opportunity to look within and recognize any emotional baggage you, yourself may be carrying and release it. Theda Sandiford...

Hernan Bas is best known for his narratively rich scenes that feature a wide-range of references spanning art and literature, popular culture, kitsch, the occult, religion, and mythology. Across his works, Bas seeks to defamiliarize everyday experience through humor, revealing the surreal and absurd lurking beneath the mundane. In conceiving this flamingo sculpture series, Bas was inspired specifically by the 19th century novel ‘Against Nature’ by Joris-Karl Huysmans. In the novel, the main character, an astute dandy of epic proportions, decides to cover a pet tortoise's shell with ornate jewels in order to see how the light would glimmer on it as it slowly treaded across his carpets. Bas imagined a fictional character of his own, a "Florida Dandy," who would naturally want bright pink flamingos as pets. The ball and chain keep them from flying away and simultaneously constrain them to a certain territory. . . . Fading pink (#3), 2016-2017 resin, feathers, galvanized metal buoy...