Small Thicket
Artist
John Garrett
(American, born 1950)
Date2007/2011
MediumAluminum wire, steel wire, nickel wire, copper wire, brass wire
Dimensions96 x 9 x 9 in. (243.8 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of John Garrett, 2012
Object number2012.10.7
Description41 strands of twisted and bent metal wire (steel, nickel, copper, or brass) hang from the ceiling in a grid formationeMuseum 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. In Small Thicket, Garrett makes a departure from sculptural works and moves toward installation. This work nonetheless references textiles in that each of the 41 strands reads as a thread as well as a three-dimensional drawing in space.
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