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Description: Artist Statement from the MFA Exhibition: "My work merges craft and queer iconography to reflect on my journey of is covering identity in the absence of a positive sexual role model. It has resulted in a body of work that is heavy with sex-toy imagery, and explores multiple disciplines including quilting, soft sculpture, crochet, and printmaking. Through this exploration of material, I humorously combine wholesome and taboo imagery in order to reclaim and confro… more
Date: May 2019
Creator: Russell, Alyssa
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Textile

Description: Textile. Rectangular panel of handwoven cotton/wool, with fringed ends. Mexican weaving, in the Saltillo style, done in reds, blacks, blues, greens, and white. Inlay designs with central diamond shape formed of chevrons and diamonds, width-wise stripes of gradated colors, and bands with short trapezoidal gradated bars of color.
Date: 1965~
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Aureole

Description: Work of art of Linen, knitted, twined & woven by artist Christina Marks, as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "…and the Light was Blue". This piece is the subject of the cyanotype entitled "Cyanoscape" in this same body of work.
Date: 2019
Creator: Marks, Christina
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Terra, Uncharted Journey

Description: Work of art of Cyanotype cotton with handstitching by artist Christina Marks, as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "…and the Light was Blue". Cyanotype cotton with hand embroidery and traditional millinery techniques.
Date: 2020
Creator: Marks, Christina
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Flow

Description: Work of art of Linen, reclaimed and stitched by hand by artist Christina Marks, as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "…and the Light was Blue". Linen from a reclaimed dress, stitched by hand.
Date: 2019
Creator: Marks, Christina
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Waves Detail

Description: Work of art of linen, reclaimed and stitched by hand by artist Christina Marks, as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "…and the Light was Blue". Linen from a reclaimed shirt, stitched by hand.
Date: 2020
Creator: Marks, Christina
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Aureole Detail

Description: Work of art of Linen, knitted, twined & woven by artist Christina Marks, as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "…and the Light was Blue". Detail of piece documented in "Cyanoscape" another piece in this body of work.
Date: 2019
Creator: Marks, Christina
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Meanderings Series 1

Description: Work of art of Cyanotype on cotton with linen stitching by artist Christina Marks, as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "…and the Light was Blue". Hand embroidery, applique, crochet and weaving
Date: 2019
Creator: Marks, Christina
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Meanderings Series 1 detail 2

Description: Work of art of cyanotype on cotton with linen stitching by artist Christina Marks, as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "…and the Light was Blue". Hand embroidery, crochet and applique.
Date: 2019
Creator: Marks, Christina
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design

Synapses

Description: Work of art of Cyanotype cotton, linen overlay and hand stitching by artist Christina Marks, as part of a 2020 MFA Exhibition, entitled "…and the Light was Blue". Cyanotype cotton, linen overlay, hand embroidery, and crochet.
Date: 2019
Creator: Marks, Christina
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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…and the Light was Blue

Description: My background in fashion relied on the use of sewing machines as tools to create garments made of new materials. My current artmaking has evolved away from the body and functionality to become relief sculptures in cloth. This work is the embodiment of moments in time and space that have stopped me mid-stride, compelling me to closely examine the details. As a fine artist, I translate these observations of nature into my art by using a needle and thread to hand stitch on reclaimed cloth. I invit… more
Date: May 2020
Creator: Marks, Christina
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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