Art
Redemption
- Item Number
- 112
- Opening Bid
- 105 USD
The winning bid will go to FrontStream Global Fund (tax ID 26-3265577), a 501c3 nonprofit organization, which will send the donation to Summit Artspace (tax ID 341841587) on behalf of the winner.
Item Description
Assorted yarns, hand-spun yarn, reclaimed fabrics, streamers, fake flowers
by Natalie Grieshammer
Fiber processes allow me to explore personal and universal feminine identities through the world of materials, iconography, and textile history. My work aims to validate and celebrate femininity. Surface seduction, unrestrained craft, and decoration are a means of overturning cultural structures imposed upon the feminine.
Concepts traditionally associated with fiber processes are also related to those associated with femininity include nurturing, transformation, and the manifestation from abstract into physical. The methodical use of the body results in transcendence of the mind—a release from order. Craft is also important as a counter to the hyper-mediated state of contemporary Western culture and industrially produced objects. This ""magic of craft"" offers the viewer a gift, a sensual material experience. The use of glitter, ribbons, bows, plastics, and shiny things connote joy, celebration and play, all of which do not fit into a restrained masculine structure, and ultimately intend to validate feminine identities.
Artist Biography: Natalie Grieshammer
Natalie Grieshammer is an artist, musician, and arts administrator living in Akron, OH. She holds a BFA in Fiber and Material Studies from the Cleveland Institute of Art and an MA in Arts Administration from the University of Akron. Natalie is currently Director of Galleries & Exhibitions at Summit Artspace as well as Gallery Director of Praxis Fiber Workshop in Cleveland. Additionally, she is a Partner and Advisor at Akron Recording Company. Natalie’s artistic practice focuses on creating feminist fiber and mixed media art, primarily through weaving, spinning yarn, and digital collaging.
Item Special Note
The purchaser of this piece will be responsible for making an appointment to pick up the item in person from Summit Artspace located at 140 East Market Street, Akron, OH 44308 or pay for the packaging and shipment via the method of their choice.
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