Blue Wave
Artist
John Garrett
(American, born 1950)
Date2007
Mediumhandmade paper, Japanese paper, hardware cloth, silver wire
Dimensions11 3/4 x 28 1/2 x 11 in., 3 lb. (29.8 x 72.4 x 27.9 cm, 1.4 kg)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of John Garrett, 2012
Object number2012.10.3
DescriptionIrregular, open basket formed of paper-covered bands interwoveneMuseum Notes
John Garrett is a leading artist working with “textile technologies” such as basketry, quilting, and crochet but with unconventional materials, including recycled consumer products and metals. Garrett is one of many contemporary artists who repurposes materials to his own ends. He has done this since his art school days at Claremont McKenna College (B.A.) and UCLA (M.A.), where he first studied weaving before turning to experimental techniques and materials with off-the-loom textiles then basketry and eventually to more installation-based work. This work relates to Garrett’s Blue Dancer, also in the collection, but assumes the form of a basket.
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