Vadis Turner
A New York artist who attended Boston
University, she was fascinated by the possibilities presented by traditional
handicraft materials to define and contradict gender roles by creating
desirable objects and becoming objects of beauty has long been the work of
women. Her craft is like her image, is “a measure of a woman's worth and tangible
evidence of her time” she said.
What caught my eye initially was her ribbon
collection; she tied different colors and width of ribbons on the canvas, creating
the look of ribbons coming out from the canvas in a beautiful way. Some times
she uses colors of the same palate, but some times she choose couple of colors
that would stand out from the rest, representing something. Later on I went on
to her website and saw her other works, she gather those jewels of gold or
silver color and put them together making a art work out of it, which I thought
her works are not only nice to look at but also meaningful. She is also good at
setting up scenes, using her aspect of beauty, messy of it’s own way, the
colors and materials works with each other really well, creating the
atmosphere.
This is the first time i see artist use ribbon to build an art piece. I think the combination of the different ribbon is visually interesting. The creased parts or the overlapping parts make the piece more 3D like. Even though he ribbon beneath it pop up by the vivid color, the piece doesn't overly eye-dazzling. I think it's a smart technique to smooth down the attention that the piece has created.
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