Drawing on her expertise as a textile designer and her household’s creative heritage, Susan Maddux investigates the relationships between material, portray, and sculpture. If a few of her longer items evoke the folds of kimonos, for instance, it’s not a coincidence. Tapping into each her Hawaiian upbringing and Japanese heritage, the artist creates vibrant works that drape on the wall like elegant cloaks hung up after a stroll.
A small piece titled “Mantle” is redolent of the historic clothes worn to maintain the shoulders heat. Different works function conceptual or metaphysical names, reminiscent of “Flourish” and “Thrum.” Maddux generally stacks the bunches of folds a number of ft excessive, mirroring human proportions in order that, whereas summary, there’s a nuanced reference to the physique and the timelessness of textiles.
With thick canvas folds, the artist emphasizes the ability of repeated gestures and motifs, sometimes incorporating patterns and plumbing the stress between softness and firmness and what’s hid or revealed. She’s presently experimenting with the addition of various supplies and new patterns following time spent on the RONDO artwork residency in Mexico Metropolis.
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