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Pacific CoastDec 2020
Anna Katz
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Gallery Affiliations:
Johansson Projects, Oakland CA
I make abstract textiles that depict imagined architectural spaces and forms. I weave to solve visual and structural puzzles, straddling the line between the tangible and the illusory. By using the foundational grid of weaving as a canvas for coded patterns and embedded imagery, I challenge perception through optical effects. Much like pointillism, interlaced strings of pure color blend in the viewer’s eye to produce discernible tones.
In my process, geometric abstractions serve as platforms to explore the interaction of color, texture, and dimension. By manipulating yarn to vary translucency, opacity, and saturation, I create layers that simultaneously reveal and obscure. Grids, stripes, and patterns function as building blocks derived from underlying ordered systems to compose seemingly dimensional forms on a flat plane. Inspired by architecture and origami, the transformation of physical form becomes a primary metaphor for personal transformation.
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Dec 2020
Anna Katz
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