Aprons
Numerous aprons collected from three generations of women in the artist’s extended family, are displayed in a gallery setting.
The installation re-contextualizes an everyday object and aims to examine time, materiality and fabrication, through the lens of a garment that has for the most part, become a relic of a passing era.
Project Year
2003
Dimensions
variable
Materials
Aprons
Location
Vancouver, BC Canada
Project Status
Completed
Numerous aprons collected from three generations of women in the artist’s extended family, are displayed in a gallery setting.
A number of the aprons are stored in square paper boxes with cellophane windows. The boxes are arranged in a 4x5 grid on the floor, with a missing piece from the top left corner.
Several other aprons in various fabrics, are hung from blue wooden pegs on two adjacent white walls.
A number of the aprons are stored in square paper boxes with cellophane windows. The boxes are arranged in a 4x5 grid on the floor, with a missing piece from the top left corner.
Several other aprons in various fabrics, are hung from blue wooden pegs on two adjacent white walls.
These aprons were used by the mothers of the family members going back a few generations. Always handmade, these utilitarian objects, demonstrate the ingenuity, creativity and craftsmanship of the women who wore them on a daily basis.
The installation re-contextualizes an everyday object and aims to examine time, materiality and fabrication, through the lens of a garment that has for the most part, become a relic of a passing era.
Through various patterns, colours and simple embroidery, the aprons were personalized by the women who made and wore them.
The aprons were tagged by the artist with the name of the original owner, written in both English type, as well as “Old German” script.
The installation re-contextualizes an everyday object and aims to examine time, materiality and fabrication, through the lens of a garment that has for the most part, become a relic of a passing era.
Through various patterns, colours and simple embroidery, the aprons were personalized by the women who made and wore them.
The aprons were tagged by the artist with the name of the original owner, written in both English type, as well as “Old German” script.
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“These articles of clothing, so much a part of each woman, reflect the personality, the work and the role of women in the home. This essence still seems to reside in the aprons.”
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