Untitled works, (2011) embroidered photographs

A selection of recent works. I see a lot of Maurizio Anzeri's work in these pieces, whose exhibition at the Baltic I was lucky enough to see earlier this year. I was particularly interested in his ideas regarding photographs; in an interview for Yatzer, Anzeri claimed:

"When we all look at a photograph, we somehow believe that we look at the truth or at some kind of reality but we know that it’s not, It’s just a moment... We all still look at it as if it’s real. It’s trapped in there and it’s like you managed to cast some kind of magic spell on that piece of paper to entrap some kind of reality to use and reuse every time you look at it".

For me the reverse of these pieces was the most interesting aspect - they have allowed me to explore how to visually represent and highlight the process of embroidery, and also the sense of mystery and frustration which I believe is similar to that of recalling memories; the shapes hint at something on the other side which we can't see, something out of our reach...

Also, check here for some amazing 'Stitched Art'!