Yesterday afternoon was the Phillips de Pury theme auction called, Latin America, of all contemporary Latin American inspired or rooted works. One of the artists at auction was Tanya Aguiniga, whose work I missed when I went to the press preview a few weeks ago.
Tanya has a MFA in furniture design from RISD, which shows in how she adapts traditional furniture shapes and designs in new fabrics, felted mostly.
These rocks above are for sitting, leaning, etc. They’re quite large, I wish I knew how heavy they were.
Some of her installation works, like the one above, remind me of Ernesto Neto’s work, which was also at auction yesterday.
I love the simplicity of repetitive threading to lead to structural integrity.
The above “log” unrolls to be a resting matt with a little pillow bump to lay on — it rolls up into the half tube for easy transporations.
Tanya also makes rugs and accessories as well. The above vaguely reminds me of my domes — but these seem more industrial, I can’t tell if they’re hand-felted or not.
In keeping with my newfound interest in solar and electro-luminescent wire and fabric her scarf, above, is amazing because it’s soft but in the dark it appears as below.
I think what I like most about Tanya’s work and her site is that it’s very image-rich, she shows what she’s doing, how she interacts with it, what she’s hoping it conveys, and more all simply and visually.
Tags: felt, sculpture, textiles, weaving