
Spotlight Artist
Allison Jane Watkins
Pacific Coast
Artist Statement
Wanting to capture the transitional nature of clothing throughout
our lives, I drew and embroidered an image of my closet from
photographs. The clothing could come and go, and I would always
have this documentation of the way it once was. Through the trace
and the repetitive process of embroidery, the garments became
flat and unrecognizable—no longer functional, yet still tactile. It is
unclear whether the garment is deteriorating with time or in the
process of being created. I view the spaces they create as floating
simulations of the photograph as well as the three-dimensional
garment, and see them as an interpretation of what was once
present.
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