South African artist Kim Lieberman is one of about 130 international artists, from 20 countries, that will be taking part in the Love Lace exhibition in Sydney.
The exhibition, which takes place at the Powerhouse Museum and opens on 30 July 2011, is a showcase of contemporary lace works. Love Lace includes two and three dimensional works, virtual works, installations, screens, sculptures and more. There is also no limit to the kinds of materials used in the exhibition, everything from human hair to horse hair, copper and silver wire, optical fibres, titanium and mulberry papers.
Lieberman’s project, titled Tribe, is a sculpture of handmade lace and bronze figures and was made in collaboration with lace-making expert Janis Savage. For Tribe Lieberman used blood red silk thread as she feels red is the quintessential colour, “the colour that beats inside us”.
In this work the term “Tribe” refers to people who belong to the same group and who have the same blood, or feel connected through a bloodline.
A team of architects are designing the walls of the museum to be curved or circular, making it ideal for Lieberman’s round works. Lieberman will also be presenting an artist talk at a symposium after the exhibition.
The lace “ground” used is called “chaotic” or “wild” ground. In this video one can see the sequence the bobbins are placed to get to this pattern in detail.
