Upcoming Event: [Recommends] PULLING THE THREADS: Embroidered Graffiti
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Sunday 26 June 2011 - Saturday 3 September 2011
Tameside Central Art Gallery
In her debut solo show Sarah uses the traditional craft of embroidery to vandalise and graffiti everyday objects with emotive, political and thoughtful text. Fridges, doors, food and sinks become the canvases for hidden thoughts.
Sarah Greaves is an artist whose practice crosses art-forms. The delicate feminine craft of embroidery is combined with the vandalising qualities of graffiti. Through her Embroidered Graffiti she raises questions about stereotyped identities and gender roles, our relationships with our bodies, and how the domestic and private become public.
This unique exhibition pushes the tradition of embroidery and reframes the location and voice of the graffiti artist. The embroidered text is delicate, elegant and ‘feminine’ while the process demands the use of ‘masculine’ tools such as drills and clamps. Visceral, intangible thoughts become permanently graffitied onto these familiar, domestic objects, suggesting a deeper relationship, touching on intimate and personal thoughts.
Event Contact Information
26th June - 3rd September
Open: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 10am - 12.30pm, 1pm - 5pm Thursday: 1pm - 7.30pm Saturday: 9am - 12.30pm, 1pm - 4pm Sunday, Monday: Closed Event
Location: Tameside Central Art Gallery, Old Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 7SG
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