Comets
2021
Size
98 x 236.22 in
Year
2021
Medium
Sculpture , Textile
Reference
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Installation: Synthetic fiber, textile, linen, leather.
Courtesy of Francesca Minini
1934 Hastings, United States
Sheila Hicks was born in Hastings, Nebraska and received her BFA and MFA degrees from Yale University. She received a Fulbright scholarship in 1957-58 to paint in Chile. While in South America she developed her interest in working with fibers. After founding workshops in Mexico, Chile, and South Africa, and working in Morocco and India, she now divides her time between her Paris studio and New York.
Hicks is a celebrated artist, known for her innovative use of weaving and textiles and her sculptural installations made of yarn. Her work ranges from small wall hangings, to enormous site-specific installations, and critics frequently locate her art at the intersection of decorative objects and fine art—though the artist herself in uninterested in the distinction.
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Address
Milan, Via Massimiano, 25, 20134
Since 2006 the gallery is developing research on Italian and international artists of a young generation. The research towards architecture, space and environment is well represented since the beginning with site-specific project by two artists of a different generation (Jan De Cock and Daniel Buren) and a project on the facade of the gallery by Francesco Si...