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Sabrina Gschwandtner (born 1977) is an American artist currently living in Los Angeles, California. She has held numerous showings of her work throughout the country and several pieces have been acquired by museums, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum.,[1] the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[2] and the RISD Museum.[3]

Biography

Sabrina Gschwandtner was born in 1977 in Washington, DC.[1] She studied at the Sommerakademie für Bildende Kunst [de] in Salzburg, Austria under the direction of Valie Export and also with Vlada Petric, founder of the Harvard Film Archive.[4] She earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors in art/semiotics from Brown University in 2000 and in 2008 she received her Master of Fine Arts from Bard College.[5] She is the author of the book Knitknit : profiles + projects from knitting's new wave.[6]

Artworks and techniques

Gschwandtner uses film, video, photography, and textiles as her mediums. She sews together filmstrips to create a quilt-looking textile. She then installs them with a light box behind them so the viewer can see through the filmstrips when looking up close.[7] These quilted filmstrips come in a variety of colors and patterns.[8] She began sewing filmstrips together in 2009[9] when a friend of hers gave her 16 mm films from Anthology Film Archives that were no longer of use to the Fashion Institute of Technology. Gschwandtner uses documentaries about “art, craft, fashion, decoration, vocation, military camouflage, feminist expression, and scientific metaphor” in her artworks, mostly from the 1950s-80s.[5] Many of the short documentary films recognized and admired women’s role in craft making, such as knitting, crocheting, and dyeing. She has also created work out of vintage film from the Fashion Institute of Technology.[10] After she watches the films, she cuts and sews them together in patterns that resemble popular American quilt motifs.[5] She uses quilts because they symbolize and celebrate women’s domestic roles in creating artwork for family purposes, such as clothing and blankets.[11] Andrew Lampert says that her work is able to "greatly expand our notion of film editing, narrative and the moving image."[12]

Other works include films and installations for specific sites. For example, Gschwandtner created “Crochet Film” (2004) specifically for a show "Group Loop", put together by Christoph Cox about repetition and cycles. Her piece featured two loops, one, a film of the artist crocheting and the other a crocheted piece representing a film loop.[13] Another series of work on the same theme is "The History of String" which compares the spooling mechanism of a sewing machine to "early film projectors."[14]

Collections and exhibitions

Gschwandtner ‘s work has been exhibited worldwide at institutions, such as the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington D.C.),[15] the Museum of Arts and Design (New York),[16] and the Victoria and Albert Museum (London). Her work is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[17] Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,[2] the RISD Museum,[3] and the Carl and Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation.[18]

References

  1. ^ a b "Fibers and Civilization (1959)". Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/camouflage-617921
  3. ^ a b http://risdmuseum.org/art_design/objects/2173_the_enchanted_loom_part_ii
  4. ^ Mathey, Carole (August 14, 2006). "The Workmanship of Risk". Canton, New York: St. Lawrence University. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  5. ^ a b c "Sabrina Gschwandtner: Sunshine and Shadow". Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Art Alliance. May 17, 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  6. ^ Gschwandtner, Sabrina (2007-01-01). Knitknit: profiles + projects from knitting's new wave. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang. ISBN 1584796316.
  7. ^ Abatemarco, Michael (31 July 2015). "Algorithm and hues: Digital works at Art House". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  8. ^ Kushins, Jordan (11 June 2013). "These Traditional-Looking Quilts Are Made Of Film Strips". Fast Company Design. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Interview: Sabrina Gschwandtner". Tack. 14 January 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  10. ^ O'Steen, Danielle (23 July 2012). "'40 under 40: Craft Futures' at the Renwick Gallery". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  11. ^ Hartmann, Caroline (January 14, 2014). "Interview: Sabrina Gschwandtner". Tack Magazine. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  12. ^ Lampert, Andrew (19 December 2013). "Sabrina Gschwandtner". BOMB. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  13. ^ Grundberg, Andy (March 20, 2005). "'Loop': What Goes Around . . ". Washington, DC: The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  14. ^ Rosenberg, Karen (2007). "Needling More Than the Feminist Consciousness". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  15. ^ O'Steen, Danielle (24 July 2012). "Pushing Craft into Art's Realm". Washington Post. Retrieved 18 November 2015 – via  – via HighBeam (subscription required) .
  16. ^ Austin, April (16 February 2007). "The fine art of crafts; A landmark exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York tackles surprising contemporary issues". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 18 November 2015 – via  – via HighBeam (subscription required) .
  17. ^ http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=30178
  18. ^ https://thomafoundation.org/artist/sabrina-gschwandtner/
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