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John Garrett, Blue Dancer, 2008, aluminum, Japanese paper, handmade paper, hardware cloth, nick…
Blue Dancer
John Garrett, Blue Dancer, 2008, aluminum, Japanese paper, handmade paper, hardware cloth, nick…
John Garrett, Blue Dancer, 2008, aluminum, Japanese paper, handmade paper, hardware cloth, nickel wire, glass and plastic beads, nickel beads, 71 x 14 x 12 1/4 in. Collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art. Gift of John Garrett, 2012 (2012.10.4). Photo by Blair Clark.

Blue Dancer

Artist (American, born 1950)
Date2008
Mediumaluminum, Japanese paper, handmade paper, hardware cloth, nickel wire, glass and plastic beads, nickel beads
Dimensions71 x 14 x 12 1/4 in., 6 lb. (180.3 x 35.6 x 31.1 cm, 2.7 kg)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of John Garrett, 2012
Object number2012.10.4
DescriptionWoven aluminum bands intertwine with paper-covered bands to comprise an elongated form that hangs from the ceiling
Text Entries
See artist questionnaire paperwork in the accession file for detailed installation instructions.
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 Wave, also in the collection, but translates that basket form into an off-the-pedestal sculpture.
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