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Photo by Elon Schoenholz
They wove what they saw (day)
Photo by Elon Schoenholz
Photo by Elon Schoenholz

They wove what they saw (day)

Artist (American, born 1991)
Artist (American, born 1975)
Date2019
MediumOil, acrylic, cyanotype, silver and copper leaf, embroidery floss, and natural dyed textiles on muslin
Dimensions106 × 33 in. (269.2 × 83.8 cm)
ClassificationsTextile
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Escalette Endowment
Object number2021.17.2
Label TextPlants gift us food, fiber, dyes, and medicine – a fact easily overlooked when most things we need can be delivered with one click. This collaboration between LA-based artist Iris Yirei Hu and New Mexico-based Paula Wilson is gloriously slow. In this work, two large yucca prints honor the connections between people, plants and animals, places, and time. The yucca relies on its moth pollinator, the sun and soil, and its chaparral ecosystem. The artists rely on plant fibers, plant and mineral dyes, and the sun's passage to create rich indigo blue cyanotypes – a form of sun photograph. Like the yucca and its moth, we are all interdependent.
Status
On view
Location
  • The Campus Center at Rinker (14725 Alton Parkway), Stair #1
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