Sunday, January 4, 2015

Homenaje a México

This new work-in-progress is my homage to the residency I undertook in Mexico in August 2014. It takes its inspiration from Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo and uses the exquisite and quite rare Tehuantapec hand embroidery from Oaxaca, Mexico, that I purchased during my residency in Jalisco. There is also a unique hand-embroidered silk Bird of Paradise stem with buds, which I commissioned from a local embroiderer named Lopita.

 For full details of this work in progress please see: Louise Saxton website


Diego Rivera's painting "Desnudos con alcatreces" 1944 (nude with Calla Lilies)



A detail showing part of my reinterpretation - "Desnuda y flores 2015 after Diego Rivera 1944"
Reclaimed Tehuantapec and Jalisco embroidery, antique lace, vintage cross-stitch, 
Hungarian silk embroidery, pinned to nylon tulle. Full work approx. 120W x 150H cm
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2 comments:

  1. Mo CrowJanuary 26, 2015 at 6:18 AM

    Love this exploration Louise and look forward to visiting your exhibition in September. Have you read "A Love Letter From A Stray Moon" by Jay Griffiths? a poetic fiction written in response to the paintings of Frida Kahlo, it's a slim volume and one of the most beautiful pieces of prose about art and beauty and passion that I have ever read.

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  2. UnknownApril 10, 2015 at 12:05 AM

    So sorry it's taken me so long to reply Mo Crow, I've had some big family health crisis recently and so my exhibition has been moved to November 2015. I do hope that will still be possible for you? I haven't read the book you mention, but I'd love to, so thank you! best of wishes Louise x

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