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| margaret parker studio |
Artist Statement
I am an explorer. My journeys take me to the territory of the personal,
political, and spiritual. I have no preconceived notion before I start, and I
use the medium that best fits the terraine. The evidence I bring back is my
work. Since 9/11, I've been exploring what it means to be human in a
global age. I see myself as an American, helping to build the New World.
Cutting UP
Cutting up images, stencils, shapes has been a theme running through the last several
years. The DNA of Blue, uses cut out shapes in shades of blue to collect our universal
feeling for color. It's a participatory piece which combines my interest in public art,
installation and graphics. I've cut up cotton T-shirts to make installations. When the soft
knit cotton is cut, it becomes so pliable it can be made into amazing shapes that cross
between two and three dimensions. My evolving interest in the 3 dimensional has led from
public art to sculpture in bronze in which I've cut flat surfaces then bent and assembled
them into the round. The digital print compositions have also cut up color and textures of
brush strokes to layer them almost like drops in a stage set. Cutting up started in my
painting when I began using collage, cut out stencils to repeat images, and masks to
block out the paint.
I am an explorer. My journeys take me to the territory of the personal,
political, and spiritual. I have no preconceived notion before I start, and I
use the medium that best fits the terraine. The evidence I bring back is my
work. Since 9/11, I've been exploring what it means to be human in a
global age. I see myself as an American, helping to build the New World.
Cutting UP
Cutting up images, stencils, shapes has been a theme running through the last several
years. The DNA of Blue, uses cut out shapes in shades of blue to collect our universal
feeling for color. It's a participatory piece which combines my interest in public art,
installation and graphics. I've cut up cotton T-shirts to make installations. When the soft
knit cotton is cut, it becomes so pliable it can be made into amazing shapes that cross
between two and three dimensions. My evolving interest in the 3 dimensional has led from
public art to sculpture in bronze in which I've cut flat surfaces then bent and assembled
them into the round. The digital print compositions have also cut up color and textures of
brush strokes to layer them almost like drops in a stage set. Cutting up started in my
painting when I began using collage, cut out stencils to repeat images, and masks to
block out the paint.
All images copyrighted by Margaret Parker © 2008. Do not use without artist's permission.
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Escape/Return: Proposal for a Participatory Installation
Levitation, my piece on exhibit in "A Place at the Table", a
show sponsored by the Women's Caucus for Art at the Ann
Arbor Art Center, June 27 through August 10, 2008.
show sponsored by the Women's Caucus for Art at the Ann
Arbor Art Center, June 27 through August 10, 2008.
The Third Annual Human Rights Show sponsored by South Texas
College included two of my works, "Abu Ghraib" and "Scream".
The show traveled to three sites - the University of Texas Pan
American; the Universidad de Monterey, Mexico; and the Progreso
Art Gallery, Progreso, Mexico.
College included two of my works, "Abu Ghraib" and "Scream".
The show traveled to three sites - the University of Texas Pan
American; the Universidad de Monterey, Mexico; and the Progreso
Art Gallery, Progreso, Mexico.