HEATHER COOK – 1D 5L 2D 6L 3D 7L 4D 8L 5D 1L 6D 2L 7D
2018-04-30The show consists of two interrelated series of woven works, each following Cook’s continued investigation of the process of the construction of an image. In the first two rooms there is a series of works known as Shadow Weaves, and in the last room, Weaving Drafts, works that depict the graphic representations of the weaving programs for the Shadow Weaves themselves.
The title of the show 1D 5L 2D 6L 3D 7L 4D 8L 5D 1L 6D 2L 7D 3L 8D 4L, is a technical set of directions for footpedal strokes on a jack loom used to make the series of works in the show known as Shadow Weaves. Cook has been investigating this traditional pattern since 2012. The name shadow weave has a double meaning in its historic usage: First, the word shadow is used to reflect a narrative account of the temporal aspect of the process, one thing after another, as the dark thread literally follows the lighter thread through the loom in the sequence of the pattern. Second, that the effect of the final result is a visual likeness of raised and recessed planes. So the singular name long used for a very traditional pattern has already within it a common space where the act of making the object and its optical effect come together as the same.
Opposite – Fluorescent Orange and Navy Blue Shadow Weaving Draft, 2018
Exhibition runs through to June 16th, 2018
Praz-Delavallade
6150 Wilshire Blvd
CA 90048 Los Angeles
USA
