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TACTILE STORIES: BY MARIANNE KEMP

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24 Jun - 31 Jul 2022
  • TACTILE STORIES

    MARIANNE KEMP
  • Kemp’s signature lies in her special way of molding, knotting, curling and looping the sculptural fibers, creating a three-dimensional environment. 
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    • Lilac Roller, 2022 Horsehair, cotton, gold lurex, wood 18 x 8 3/4 inches Framed dimensions 21 1/2 x 13 inches
      Lilac Roller, 2022
      Horsehair, cotton, gold lurex, wood
      18 x 8 3/4 inches
      Framed dimensions 21 1/2 x 13 inches
      Sold
    • Feuillage, 2014 Horsehair, cotton, linen, silk, wooden beads 67 x 35 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches
      Feuillage, 2014
      Horsehair, cotton, linen, silk, wooden beads
      67 x 35 3/8 x 1 1/2 inches
    • Crawling Hedgehogs, 2001 - 2022 Waxed cotton, canvas, rough plant fiber 7 pieces, 6 1/2 inches in diameter
      Crawling Hedgehogs, 2001 - 2022
      Waxed cotton, canvas, rough plant fiber
      7 pieces, 6 1/2 inches in diameter
      Sold
  • Marianne Kemp's passion for weaving—the process, the repetition, the creation of textural form—is evident in her unique sculptural wall textiles. With her loom, Kemp weaves innovative, new surfaces in which the conventional weaving techniques cannot be recognized. Using horsehair and raw plant fibers, she works in a meticulously precise manner to create surfaces that seem organically morphed. Each centimeter is studied, every rhythm calculated, each structure engineered. The warp and weft are central to the weaving, with added organic elements playing the role of a transformer.
    • Passerelle Horsehair, cotton 110 x 4 inches Installation dimensions vary
      Passerelle
      Horsehair, cotton
      110 x 4 inches
      Installation dimensions vary
    • Cosmic, 2021 Horsehair, cotton, linen, wood 37 3/8 x 37 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches
      Cosmic, 2021
      Horsehair, cotton, linen, wood
      37 3/8 x 37 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches
    • Awake, 2017 Coconut fiber, cotton, fiberfill 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 2 3/4 inches
      Awake, 2017
      Coconut fiber, cotton, fiberfill
      11 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 2 3/4 inches
    • Blissful Drift, 2006 Horsehair, cotton, glass beads 9 pieces, each 70 7/8 x 3 inches
      Blissful Drift, 2006
      Horsehair, cotton, glass beads
      9 pieces, each 70 7/8 x 3 inches
  • Small bunches of horsehair are interwoven in linen, cotton, silk or wool. Kemp’s signature lies in her special way of molding, knotting, curling and looping the sculptural fibers, creating a three-dimensional environment. Through properties unique to horsehair and other organic materials, these woven works can appear shiny and smooth, organic and wild, or flexible and stiff. Along with horsehair she also uses other materials like dried plant fibers, coco fibers and bark fibers from trees. A work arises intuitively, the resulting fabric fits in with Marianne’s current state of life. It is a ‘growth process’. With her work, she wants to stimulate people to look more closely, to observe, to take their time. Slow art, that is what the weaving is about.
  • Marianne Kemp’s inspiration draws from her inner world along with input from the outer world in street-life, fashion, architecture as well as nature or found objects. Sometimes it's the colors that attracts the attention, sometimes the shape or textures. Traveling within Europe and abroad to Mexico, Japan, Africa and Mongolia have generated a great interest in traditional art & design.
    • Our Space, 2019 Horsehair, cotton, linen, wood, aluminum frame 31 1/2 72 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches
      Our Space, 2019
      Horsehair, cotton, linen, wood, aluminum frame
      31 1/2 72 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches
      Sold
    • Tody, 2022 Horsehair, cotton Framed dimensions 23 x 27 inches
      Tody, 2022
      Horsehair, cotton
      Framed dimensions 23 x 27 inches
      Sold
    • Tube Waves, 2014 Horsehair, cotton 63 x 78 3/4 x 2 3/8 inches
      Tube Waves, 2014
      Horsehair, cotton
      63 x 78 3/4 x 2 3/8 inches
      Sold
    • Lorikeet, 2022 Horsehair, cotton Framed dimensions 21 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches
      Lorikeet, 2022
      Horsehair, cotton
      Framed dimensions 21 1/4 x 15 3/8 inches
  • ABOUT MARIANNE KEMP
     

    ABOUT MARIANNE KEMP

    Dutch textile artist Marianne Kemp began sewing at the age of 13. Her early interest in textiles led her to study art at The Royal Academy of Art and Design in The Hague before moving to London to pursue her Master of Arts from the Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Upon completion of her Master’s, Kemp decided to stay in London and started working from Cockpit Arts Studios in Central London. In 2003 she returned to the Netherlands. In her studio she works with five different looms, each with different weaving possibilities. Kemp’s work has been exhibited in the United States, at the Salone Del Mobile in Milan, as well as in Winterswijk and Kortrijk Belgium. Her work has appeared in numerous publications in her native Netherlands and abroad, including World of Interiors and Metiér Magazine.
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