"Cut Along the Dotted Line, 2009" by Susan Springer Anderson
Cut Along the Dotted Line, 2009. Sewing pattern paper, muslin, wire. 39” x 20” x 15”. $1900
Statement: The title of this piece dares the viewer to follow the pattern instructions, and therefore destroy the piece (as the pattern is for a different garment entirely), or defy the invitation in order to save the work. Having grown up in a perpetually rule following household- this is an embodiment of the predicament I sometimes found myself facing.
Cut Along the Dotted Line, 2009. Sewing pattern paper, muslin, wire. 39” x 20” x 15”. $1900
Statement: The title of this piece dares the viewer to follow the pattern instructions, and therefore destroy the piece (as the pattern is for a different garment entirely), or defy the invitation in order to save the work. Having grown up in a perpetually rule following household- this is an embodiment of the predicament I sometimes found myself facing.
Cut Along the Dotted Line, 2009. Sewing pattern paper, muslin, wire. 39” x 20” x 15”. $1900
Statement: The title of this piece dares the viewer to follow the pattern instructions, and therefore destroy the piece (as the pattern is for a different garment entirely), or defy the invitation in order to save the work. Having grown up in a perpetually rule following household- this is an embodiment of the predicament I sometimes found myself facing.