In The Despair of Faith All Items In Feliz Día Mamá

In Feliz Día Mamá

This portrait is from Green Dark

hand-worked image where grain

past function and quiet resistance

with the mop handles as dynamic as laser-beams

In The Despair of Faith All Items In Feliz Día MamáAcross various forms of media, Amy Gillies work utilises the possibilities of quotation and collage to connect lines of inquiry between the past and present. Her text based work is produced by collaging found source material such as art magazines and literary fiction. In the case of this work, a single line from her written work has been isolated and hand embroidered onto cotton. Having gone through multiple layers of mediation, the work is somewhat