This textile artwork was included in the Changing Threads 2021 Contemporary Textile Fibre Art Awards. The exhibition ran from 26 February to 20 March 2021 at the Refinery ArtSpace in Nelson, New Zealand.
Size: 3280x2360mm
The work is made up of 6745, 40x40mm, coloured, patterned and textured textile squares (pixels) overlapped and stitched together, reinforced with a backing sheet. By building up the image using textile pixels, the work comments on the pervasiveness of digital imagery in modern media. The size of the work reflects the larger than life stature and reassuring presence of the New Zealand Prime Minister during the Covid-19 lockdown. Adhering to the ideology of Miriam Schapiro’s waste-not-want-not femmages, this piece was created from old clothing, manchester, rice bags, and off-cuts.
Wouna le Roux 