Christine Meuris
Bargello Refractions, 2016-17
In these first Bargello works, I screen-printed the image onto stained paper rather than hand painting it (Infinite is the exception). Then I cut the paper, reassembled the design and sewed together the new constructions as if they were quilt tops. These works reference and isolate the formal elements in functional items, but are technically useless. The works both ask and answer the question, “What is the point?”
Hand screenprinted paper, tea, walnut ink, book binding cloth and thread. 28"x28", 2016 In private collection.
Hand screenprinted paper, tea, walnut ink, acrylic ink, book binding cloth and thread. 28"x28", 2016
Hand screenprinted paper, tea, walnut ink, acrylic ink, book binding cloth and thread. 20"x 20", 2016 In private collection.
Sumi ink on tea stained paper, book binding cloth and thread. 28"x28", 2017 In private collection.
