Openwork

Accession Number
1989/2.7

Title
Openwork

Artist(s)
Sondra Freckelton

Object Creation Date
1986

Medium & Support
screenprint on Rives BFK paper

Dimensions
21 5/8 x 28 in. (54.9 x 71.1 cm);26 1/8 x 32 1/8 in. (66.2 x 81.44 cm);21 13/16 x 28 in. (55.3 x 71.1 cm);17 1/16 x 21 in. (43.2 x 53.3 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Alice and Arthur Simsar

Label copy
In her still lifes native Michigander Sondra Freckelton elevates ordinary household objects to a level of grandeur. By making them overlifesize, enhancing their coloration, and stressing their corporeality, the artist insists upon their importance as pictorial subjects. A former sculptor, Freckelton became a painter in the early 1970s. At the same time, she moved from abstraction to realism, while retaining her interest in formalism. Rather than describe objects minutely, she generalizes form, renouncing an exploration of differing textures. In "Openwork," her placement of an embroidered placemat across varying planes allows her to explore space and depth, and her inclusion of a glass vase enables her to play with reflections, and the resulting interplay of two- and three-dimensional forms.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary

Rights
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Keywords
embroidery
embroidery (visual works)
modern and contemporary art
still lifes
table

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