COLLECTION NAME:
CVPA Student Collection
mediaCollectionId
UMASSDVRCVRC~34~34
CVPA Student Collection
Collection
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resource_ID:
17mtorbick_freightforward
resource_id
17mtorbick_freightforward
resource_ID
false
artist_name:
Torbick, Marita
student_last_name
Torbick, Marita
artist_name
false
artist_variant_name:
Marita Torbick
student_first_name
Marita Torbick
artist_variant_name
false
artist_nationality:
United States
student_nationality
United States
artist_nationality
false
artist_vital_dates:
1949
student_vital_dates
1949
artist_vital_dates
false
UMassD_CVPA_degree:
MFA - Fine Arts
umassd_cvpa_degree
MFA - Fine Arts
UMassD_CVPA_degree
false
graduation_year:
2017
mfa_graduation_year
2017
graduation_year
false
area_of_study:
Sculpture
area_of_study
Sculpture
area_of_study
false
additional_acad_degrees :
BA Business Management (Sonoma State University)
academic_degree
BA Business Management (Sonoma State University)
additional_acad_degrees
false
medium:
Cardboard, Paper, Charcoal, Paint
medium
Cardboard, Paper, Charcoal, Paint
medium
false
work_title:
Freight Forward
work_title
Freight Forward
work_title
false
technique:
Hand drawn images of figures were affixed to cardboard, cut into strips, woven onto the wooden armature and stapled into place. The surface was treated with white glue.
technique
Hand drawn images of figures were affixed to cardboard, cut into strips, woven onto the wooden armature and stapled into place. The surface was treated with white glue.
technique
false
work_date:
2017
work_date
2017
work_date
false
dimensions:
90 x 12 x 12 inches
dimensions
90 x 12 x 12 inches
dimensions
false
description:
"Freight Forward" represents paper in this installation of sculptural pillars. Hand drawn images are laminated to salvage cardboard, sliced and woven into a tall basket-like columnar form. Cardboard was selected as the primary material echoing the dominant use packaging for transport and marketing. The art of paper and weaving are ancient technologies and this sculpture brings the form into the contemporary art field. The pattern of dark to light is reminiscent of rising smoke. At the top of the form, trails of raw cardboard rise above the paper to reveal the truth of the material - cardboard. Care was taken to show the corrugated edges of the material beneath the drawings. The drawings were selected for their tonality and marks but also of reminders of moments past. The figurative images apparent in the drawings become abstracted in the woven form. Obscured figures in the woven form both imply our hand in creating the Anthropocene, the geologic period in which the human activity has influenced the climate and environment. The obscured figures echo our fragmented self-awareness around our contributions to degraded environments.
description
"Freight Forward" represents paper in this installation of sculptural pillars. Hand drawn images are laminated to salvage cardboard, sliced and woven into a tall basket-like columnar form. Cardboard was selected as the primary material echoing the dominant use packaging for transport and marketing. The art of paper and weaving are ancient technologies and this sculpture brings the form into the contemporary art field. The pattern of dark to light is reminiscent of rising smoke. At the top of the form, trails of raw cardboard rise above the paper to reveal the truth of the material - cardboard. Care was taken to show the corrugated edges of the material beneath the drawings. The drawings were selected for their tonality and marks but also of reminders of moments past. The figurative images apparent in the drawings become abstracted in the woven form. Obscured figures in the woven form both imply our hand in creating the Anthropocene, the geologic period in which the human activity has influenced the climate and environment. The obscured figures echo our fragmented self-awareness around our contributions to degraded environments.
description
false
artist_URL:
MaritaTorbick.com
artist_url
MaritaTorbick.com
artist_URL
false