Francoise Dupre'
dal 5/1/2004 al 6/1/2004
Segnalato da
5/1/2004
Francoise Dupre'
Irish Museum of Modern Art - IMMA, Dublin
snath nasc, de fil en aiguille (thread to needle) is the creation of the French-born artist who worked with individuals and groups from Dublin and Kilkenny, during a residency as part of IMMA's Artists' Work Programme.
French Knitting
A mixed-media installation, inspired by the Formal Gardens at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, and created entirely from knitting and stitching goes on show at the Museum on Tuesday 6 January.
snáth nasc, de fil en aiguille (thread to needle) is the creation of French-born artist Françoise Dupré, who worked with
individuals and groups from Dublin and Kilkenny, during a residency as part of IMMA's Artists' Work Programme.
For three months Françoise Dupré and the other participants met and worked together toward the realisation of a floor-based art work using French knitting, Irish stitches, four needle knitting and a wide range of white yarns. Françoise
Dupré worked with two groups: one in Dublin, who met at the artist's studio, included a wide range of individual participants. The other, which met at the
Loughboy Area Resource Centre, Kilkenny, is a self-help group of women with
children with autism.
The particular techniques of French knitting also called spool knitting or
knitting Nancy consists of making knitted tubes using a spool with four or more
pins. The Irish knitting stitches used include cable, blackberry and moss
stitches which are part of the Irish Aran sweater.
The installation at IMMA celebrates the work created collaboratively by artist
and participants and takes traditional knitting skills into a contemporary art
context. It includes a series of video stills that give viewers a sense of time
and place, and provides a record of the processes and dialogues that underpinned
the project.
French-born and UK-based, Françoise Dupré makes objects, site-specific and
context-based installations and temporary events. She uses the French knitting
technique because of its association with childhood and home crafts. Through her
work, the artist aims to celebrate creative skills that are invisible, changing
or being lost through cultural and social shifts and migration.
de fil en aiguille. is part of Here and There, a series of artist-led
cross-cultural projects initated and developed by Françoise Dupré. Here and
There is based on collaboration, interconnectivity and creative dialogues
between artist, communities and places. Located in a wide range of temporary
contexts, the projects are brought together on a website:
www.here-and-there.net.
de fil en aiguille.is funded by IMMA, the University of England, Birmingham, and
Kilkenny County Council.
de fil en aigulille.is sponsored by Pony, Springwools and Repro 35.
Those participating in the project were Claire Bracken, Frieda Czerniak, Theresa
Czerniak, Ria Czerniak, Maria Dollard, Tim Elford, June Elliott, Jane Flynn,
Beverly Green, Breda Humphries, Sylvia Hoefnagels, Ruth Morris-Grant, Alice
Murphy, Susan Murphy, Máire Nà Neachtain, Maureen O' Brien, Vera O' HeÃearnáin,
Hupert Pitter, Silvia Serban, Trish Walsh, Anne Marie Weafer and Orlagh Weafer.
The Artists' Work Programme is a studio / residency programme, which has been in
operation at the Museum since 1994. Designed to provide opportunities for
artists to develop their work practice, it provides eight studios, with
accommodation spaces for three residents, located in the former coach houses
beside the main Museum building.
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