By studying images of cell division, structures and striations, Brenda Mallory is able to translate what she learns into repetitive shapes, forms and techniques, working with this repetition until a new form emerges. Even more fascinating is Mallory’s choice of materials: cloth, beeswax, nuts and bolts.
Undulations, waxed cloth, nuts, bolts, welded steel, 48″ x 70″ x 6″
Scaffold, waxed cloth, welded steel 14″ x 18″ x 4″
Waveform (dark), waxed cloth, threaded rods, nuts, 31″ x 5″ x 4.5″
Porous Borders #2, waxed cloth, nuts, bolts, 25″ x 42″ x 4″
Mechanics of Hither and Yon #24, waxed cloth, nuts, bolts, welded steel
Mechanics. . .detail
Opening, waxed cloth, nuts, bolts, 6″ x 6″ x 4″
Colonization, waxed cloth, nuts, bolts, 43″ x 67″ x 2″
Undulations Red
“I work mainly with organic materials such as cloth and beeswax but I put them together with hardware or mechanical devices in ways that imply aberration or malformation to reflect my concerns with human interference in long-established natural systems.”
WONDERFUL!!
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