Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 2
Scott AndresenDreaming in Marble2022
2022
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
Price Upon Request
About the Item
Andresen’s work focuses on the art of repair; more specifically how such actions have consequences both intended and unintended. Using a variety of materially driven processes the work hovers between two-dimensional abstraction and physical representation, each piece goes through separate phases of construction, destruction and reparation. This theme became central to his work when he was involved in a serious accident over a decade ago and had to put his body through the same stages that his work went through, in the hope that what comes from the process is stronger than what came before.
The exhibition title, Gather Up Worn Edges, comes from a line in the C.K. Williams poem Invisible Mending which centers around the work of three women, silently repairing garments, displaying equal measures strength and tenderness in their quiet actions. The work in Gather Up Worn Edges brings together two distinct, but interconnected bodies of work. The first series is inspired by a form of Japanese ceramic repair where cracks of broken objects are mended with silver and gold making the broken object more valuable and beautiful than the original. In his work he began to gather ripped and torn pieces of sandpaper he used while restoring his house. This inconsequential material was collected, organized quilt-like into grids, then each tear was mended with gold, silver, or copper leaf raising the inconsequential to something worthy of reflection.
The newest body of work is inspired by various textile mending techniques throughout the world. These repairs commonly happen because of the utilitarian value or the emotional connection the wearer has to the object. For this body of work Andresen focused on veils of silk scrim, some of the lightest fabric found, and a material where the inherent fragility can be seen in each thread. Culturally veils are often found at important transitional phases in a person’s life, and in these works are composed on the canvas as if caught in the wind, a single frozen frame of something already set-in motion. Once damaged the wounds are then mended with delicate stitching drawing attention to the history of the object rather than trying to erase it, and the scars now function as a badge of honor rather than a marker of trauma.
Scott Andresen lives and works in New Orleans, Louisiana. He received his MFA from Yale University and BA from Hunter College. He has had over 50 solo and group exhibitions around the country including Lehmann Maupin Gallery, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and The Bronx Museum. He has attended residencies at Black Rock Senegal, Socrates Sculpture Park, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation while also receiving fellowships from New York Foundation for the Arts and the Pollock Krasner Foundation. Andresen’s work can be found in the permanent collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art and Museum of Arts
Design in NYC. Scott is an Associate Professor at the LSU School of Art.
- Creator:Scott Andresen (American)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 54 in (137.16 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:New Orleans, LA
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU110211040532
About the Seller
5.0
Vetted Professional Seller
Every seller passes strict standards for authenticity and reliability
Established in 2008
1stDibs seller since 2015
44 sales on 1stDibs
Typical response time: 1 hour
- ShippingRetrieving quote...Shipping from: New Orleans, LA
- Return Policy
More From This Seller
View AllUnearthly Sweetness
By Scott Andresen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Andresen’s work focuses on the art of repair; more specifically how such actions have consequences both intended and unintended. Using a variety of materially driven processes the wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Wandered the Skies
By Scott Andresen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Andresen’s work focuses on the art of repair; more specifically how such actions have consequences both intended and unintended. Using a variety of materially driven processes the wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Sound of Your Own Steps
By Scott Andresen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Andresen’s work focuses on the art of repair; more specifically how such actions have consequences both intended and unintended. Using a variety of materially driven processes the wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Vigil by the Sea
By Scott Andresen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Andresen’s work focuses on the art of repair; more specifically how such actions have consequences both intended and unintended. Using a variety of materially driven processes the wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
A Slight Inhale
By Scott Andresen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Andresen’s work focuses on the art of repair; more specifically how such actions have consequences both intended and unintended. Using a variety of materially driven processes the wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Silent Things
By Scott Andresen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Andresen’s work focuses on the art of repair; more specifically how such actions have consequences both intended and unintended. Using a variety of materially driven processes the wo...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Silk, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
You May Also Like
Untitled I
By Lyndi Sales
Located in New York, NY
Untitled
Acrylic on paper
2021
Unframed size at 53 ½ x 45 ½ in.
Current framed in white wood shadow box.
Lyndi Sales is an artist based in Cape Town, Sout...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic, Paper, Archival Paper
$10,000
Leave No Stone Unturned II
By Andrea Myers
Located in Dallas, TX
Torn Layered Papers
Collage
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
A Force Throughout
By Laura Moriarty
Located in Dallas, TX
64 x 44 inches
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
Half Dreaming II
By Casey Matthews
Located in Atlanta, GA
Casey Matthews creates rich paintings with multi-media surfaces that are both visually intruguing and full of energy. They incorporate expressive color, fluid movement, and strong el...
Category
2010s Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Sometimes They Have The Same Dreams
By Laura Moriarty
Located in Dallas, TX
encaustic on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
Stream #19
By Doug Glovaski
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Doug Glovaski is a professional artist, now living and working in the small town of Spreckels, Ca. located in Monterey County. He has been a professional artist for over thirty years...
Category
2010s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
$2,600