In Progress > Threadbare: Installation in Progress

Threadbare is an installation composed of several independent but interrelated components. It is a highly subjective response to the work of Gustave Moreau (1826 - 1898). It is conceived as a contemporary dialogue with Moreau and his sensibility, and not as a historical reconstruction or critique. In consonance with Moreau's multi-layered and idiosyncratic approach to painting, the components of Threadbare are juxtaposed to create a complex interaction of cross-references and associations. These relate not only to the contemporary world, and to the immediacy of the new works created for Threadbare, but also to the history of Moreau's particular Romanticism and his innovative painterly techniques, as well as to the context for which the installation was originally designed.

Botanic
watercolor on paper
38cm x 29cm
2015
Botanic Translation
mosaic
61cm x 47cm
2017
Botanic Translation (detail)
mosaic
61cm x 47cm
2017
Venetian Brown
photograph
61 x 47cm
2018
Neighbors
lightbox photograph
48x37cm
2018
Moreau Strata
polychrome glass assemblage, 2-sided
48cm x 37cm x 10cm
Projection surface for 'Waterwheel' and 'Poet'
distressed white fabric with threads hanging from bottom, two-sided, suspended from the ceiling and diagonally bisecting the gallery
270cm x 450cm
2019
La Sirène et le Poète
(1895) tapestry
349cm x 250cm