@misc{7e716f6e72004d5ab7d56e490458b80f,
title = "Dead Metaphor",
author = "Helen Johnson",
note = "Five works: painted silk, timber. Four of the work from this show exhibited as part of group exhibition 'Chinatown the Sequel' curated by Liv Barrett at ltd, Los Angeles, USA, 10 February 2012 to 31 March 2012. The work in 'Dead Metaphor' consists of a series of silk hangings that have been dyed and painted, their subject matter ranging from loom threads to early computer punch-cards to women modelling soviet silk couture. The subject matter of each work is derived from a different place and time, but each is connected through a narrative relation to the material on which it is painted. The works exhibit lateral rather than direct connections, and by the nature of the free-hanging, sheer material they begin to overlap and feed into one another in unexpected ways. There is a formal ambiguity to the works, which can be read as paintings or as floating partitions. The use of silk suspended in space was a new development in my practice, creating partitions and surfaces that fluctuated between image and obstruction.; Dead Metaphor ; Conference date: 26-01-2012 Through 29-01-2012",
year = "2012",
language = "English",
publisher = "Acme Project Space",
}