For the repetition trio I have very consciously decided to focus on repetition.
I have made 192 squares, 101 lines and 270 dots. And each one of these collections has
been turned into a repetition of a painting. Specifically, I am drawing from the abstract
painters Gerhard Richter, Bridget Riley and Yayoi Kusama.
But even though my works are very comfortable being talked about with the same
vocabulary as one uses for abstract paintings, these works are not paintings. They are textile
works. They bring in a whole new layer of tactility and the imperfections of working with
noncompatible yarns within the same work. And they make it very clear that the painting
frame is much more of a suggestion of form that a definition. They are playfully pretending
to be paintings. While being entirely defined by the fact that they are handmade textile
works. Made with my characteristic use of simplistic techniques that any child could learn.
And with my inherent appreciation for imperfection. Which is in direct contrast with the
paintings they are pretending to be repeating.
They are a trio of works born from repetition that have become something unique.
