For immediate release
Marie Shannnon. Felt works.
Sue Crockford Gallery, 27th April - 15th May 2004
2 Queen St, Auckland
In Marie Shannon's current exhibition Felt Works at the Sue Crockford Gallery, felt really does work. Cut and assembled
in a variety of forms, from several styles of shoes to 50 individual handbags, Shannon makes dazzling felt objects that
function doubly as both decorative everyday objects and high sculpture.
Shannon's high art apparel conjures up the image of what someone might dream about after attending a two person show of
Joseph Beuys and Anni Albers. Shoes for Joseph's legendary felt suit and Anni's paintings made functional to walk away
from the gallery, carrying one's everyday necessities for life safely tucked inside.
But of course Shannon has cut a well established reputation for herself in the medium of photography in this country
long before she first picked up a pair of scissors in the name of art. So it is no surprise that the whole production
process of these felt works has been documented in a series of silver gelatin limited edition photographs to be
exhibited alongside the actual objects. Shannon presents the process as art object and then turns everything else upside
down again by showing a traditional craft item as art, through the medium of photography.
Shannon first began exhibiting in Auckland in 1983 and has work held in most major public collections in this country.
Marie Shannon will attend the opening. Please contact Isha Welsh, gallery manager, for further information.
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