About This Item:

Silk, Wire + Medical Face Shield

17”L x 8”W x 77”H

2022

“Goddess Shadow Masks continue my exploration of imagined extinct plant species, and are also a part of an ongoing tribute to my art family, who keep me afloat through deeply troubling times. Medical face shields and wires provide a new armature to hold sculpted silk. I’ve laser etched drawings onto the shields, which create a translucent scrim over the faces of imagined wearers.”

-Rebecca Cross

Rebecca Cross exhibits her work nationally and internationally, including in NYC, Sweden, Paris, Budapest and Nagoya, Japan. Memory is a central concern in Cross’s work, which is made primarily in silk and paper. She is fascinated by mining the ephemeral potential of transformed materials, where line is made by shadows and delicate forms hold the memory of solid objects.Her research includes a deep engagement with the arts of all forms, reading literature, writing poetry, listening to music, deepening her understanding of the capacities of fibers and dye, being outdoors in every season, and apprehending large bodies of water. Recent exhibitions include Intrinsic Momentum with Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson and Isabel Farnsworth at the American Greetings Corporation W Gallery (Cleveland) in January 2019, and a solo exhibition, Suspended Animations, at Studio M at the Massillon Art Museum in Massilon, Ohio (2021).