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Defining Nature
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Mobilia Gallery
December 23, 2023 – February 24, 2024
348 Huron Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138
- Exhibit: Cahoon Museum of American Art 2021
- Video: Live talk at the Cahoon Museum of American Art from Nov. 2021
- National Museums Scotland recently did a write up on Elizabeth’s piece “Mapuche” that is in their permanent collection: https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/world-cultures/mapuche/
Artist Statement
March 2021
Elizabeth Whyte SchulzeMy basketry sculptures tell a story of my travels and celebrates the importance of women in today’s world.
My 2020/21 artwork is informed by a tour of Morocco in 2019. One of the most striking revelations was seeing the large variety of carpets being woven by the country’s artisans. I was to learn that all the weavers are women and live in small mountain villages. The beautiful carpets are sold in the markets of Morocco’s port cities providing important financial support to the women and their families while preserving their weaving tradition. The Berber women of the Sahara express their creativity by adorning their faces and hands with intricate tattoos. Morocco is a country bursting with artisan-ship. Homes and mosques feature colorful tile work covering floors, walls and ceilings. Surrounded by the abundance of design it was easy for me to find ways of including the country’s influences into stories for my recent basket series. The viewer will see women from all walks of life gather together while in the background carpet designs and colorful tiles fill an archway or decorate a wall. Tattoos embellish figures whose faces often have a mask-like design acknowledging the Covid threat. My artwork presents a complex landscape that is visually challenging and personally satisfying.
Coming soon to my website a more in depth history of my travel and it’s importance in my art.
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