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Cecilia Paredes, The Weaver, 2021
Cecilia Paredes, The Weaver, 2021

Cecilia Paredes Peruvian, b. 1950

The Weaver, 2021
Photo performance print on silk with fray
68 x 40 in
101.6 x 172.7 cm
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In Pennsylvania, the artist had the opportunity to enter a factory closed for years. Once the permits were made, she was able to enter with a guide for a short...
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In Pennsylvania, the artist had the opportunity to enter a factory closed for years. Once the permits were made, she was able to enter with a guide for a short time. In this case, it was a silk spinning mill, abandoned with the machines in place, some with silk lined, half done. The soaring ceilings it resembled a sacred place, suspended in time. As she traveled through space, she found pieces of silk that were tying one to the other. In the end, she had enough to create a dress. The assemblage of delicately layered fringes displays themes of destruction and rebuilding.
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Cecilia Paredes: The Two Twilights, Ruiz-Healy Art, New York, NY, 2021 (catalogue)

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