Dianna Frid
Big Bang Universe Verse
Lot closes
June 7, 03:18:30 AM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Current Bid
5,000 USD
1 Bid
Reserve met
Lot Details
Description
Dianna Frid
b. 1967
Big Bang Universe Verse
Executed in 2016.
Muslin, embroidery floss, graphite, gesso, board
22 x 14 in. (55.9 x 35.6 cm)
Framed: 23 x 15 x 1 3/4 (58.4 x 38 x 4.5 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and PATRON Gallery
Dianna Frid (b. 1967, Mexico City, Mexico; lives in Chicago, IL) explores the intersections of text (written language) and textile (material craft) across artist’s books, works on fabric, drawings, and sculptures. Frid was born in Mexico City, where she was first exposed to textiles as complex codes of material writing. In her practice, embroidery is a prominent vehicle for exploring the relationships between writing and drawing, transcription and legibility. Using thread to intervene in materials such as graphite, stone, and metal, her works make visible the tactile and preverbal manifestations of language. Frid was the subject of a solo exhibition at the MCA as part of the series UBS 12 × 12: New Artists/New Work. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, most recently at National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago; the Smart Museum, Chicago; DePaul Art Museum, Chicago; the Drawing Center, New York; MoMA PS1, New York; neues kunstforum, Cologne, Germany; and Biblioteca Francisco de Burgoa, Oaxaca, Mexico.