The Clearing
<p>This work returns to the emotional content expressed by the much earlier Mourning. It has a crocheted ground to which fabric elements and "marks" or signs have been added, and it incorporates the trace of a message at the top. Another textile in the series was described in a recent exhibition as "enjoyably unsettling," words that could be applied to many of Olszewski's pieces.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 2008
- Dimensions
- 75.6 × 74.1 × 5.1 cm (29 3/4 × 29 3/16 × 2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Michael Olszewski
Artist
Mixed Media
Michael Olszewski is an American mixed-media artist born in 1950.
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Evidence
2008 · cotton and paper, interlooping (crochet and crochet variations); embroidered with silk and paper, cotton, mercerized cotton, ramie and nylon in variations on long and short stitches and some knotting; leather and ramie in laid work and couching; metal (aluminum?) wrapped with silk and paper secured to the surface with adhesive; blocked; lined with silk, plain weave
Fields
2004 · Two panels: linen, cotton, silk, nylon, polyester, leaf fiber (probably abaca), wool, ramie, synthetic foam, and paper; crochet variations, running stitches and knotting; blocked
Mourning
1989 · Silk, plain weave, pleated; appliquéd with layers of silk, plain weaves, some resist dyed, some printed, some dyed; embroidered with silk; blocked
Record
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- Michael Olszewski
- Year
- 2008
- Dimensions
- 75.6 × 74.1 × 5.1 cm (29 3/4 × 29 3/16 × 2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-2008-132138
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified