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Current Work
Since 2001 my work has been made solely from Mohair and Merino yarn. By using materials that are inviting and open to violation, the delicate, off-white yarn serves to create a state of inconsistency between the materials and the images.
This work is focused on a narrative of interdependence, which can be best described as searching for the “dimensions of dislocation,” – being off balance or lost.
While this work is extremely personal, I have become increasingly interested in the larger ideas the work addresses: concerns of childhood and motherhood, mother in relation to child, femininity, and fecundity. The essential components of these relationships are nourishment and protection, cycles of feeding, what it means to be fed and therefore nurtured, and what is then owed to the provider.
My work serves as a remembrance of childhood by exploring how the residue of childhood is retained, how this memory affects our bodies, our experience and awareness of environment, and how it shapes our future.
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Short Bio
Alexandra Newmark received her MFA in Sculpture from Bard College in 2001, and her BFA from Parsons School of Design in 1998.
Since 2000, she has recently been awarded fellowships by the MacDowell Colony; Fundacion Valparaiso, Spain; the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, La Napoule Foundation, France; and a 2-year Fellowship from the Creative Visions Foundation.
Her work has been exhibited in New York, as well Massachusetts and Los Angeles. She currently resides in Brooklyn.
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Artist Location
Brooklyn, NY
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Type of artist
Painter/Sculptor
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General Themes
Feminism/Gender Issues, Body Image/Body Size, Sexuality, Violence, Families/Parenting |
Keywords
Childhood, memory |
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