Artist:
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Sheila Hicks
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Title:
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Labyrinth of Communication
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Date:
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1990-1991
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Medium:
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Linen, silk, wool, cotton, metallic thread; wrapped
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Dimensions:
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59 x 59 x 5 1/2 in. (149.86 x 149.86 x 13.97 cm)
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Credit Line:
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Gift made possible by Sheila Hicks and Target Corporation
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Location:
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Gallery 276
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The round form of Sheila Hicksâ Labyrinth of Communication evolved from her interests in moving away from the rectangular format usually associated with tapestry.
Like church labyrinths, Hicksâ tapestry bas-relief blurs boundaries between art, design, and architecture. It is part of a series that began with a circular work made for AT&T's headquarter building (Basking Ridge, New Jersey, which she considered a communications disk with spin offs and circuitry springing out into space. The title of this work comes from Hicksâ feeling that it is âacrobatic and labyrinthianâ to communicate ideas and feelings.
Reflecting on Labyrinth of Communication, Hicks wrote, âThere is a powerful centering composition but the visual voyage is complex and fanciful. The spiritual exercise of CENTERING and focus is capital in all religious practices. This tapestry bas-relief was made entirely by hand with a repetitive wrapping technique resembling the recitation of the prayer rosary or Tibetan prayers, or Muslim prayer beads, or Hebrew prayer shawls.â
Artist/Creator(s)
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Name:
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Hicks, Sheila
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Nationality:
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American
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Life Dates:
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American, born 1934
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Object Description
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Inscriptions:
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Classification:
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Textiles
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Physical Description:
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wood circular background (support frame) covered with 100% unbleached natural linen fabric visible in some areas; long cords wrapped with yarn and sewn in rows to the background; cord ends are free, some are interlaced; several hanks of linen and skeins twisted; colors are natural, ecru, orange, dark red, purple, brown, yellow, light blues, ochre, variegated (purple, red, brown)
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Creation Place:
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Europe, France, , ,
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Accession #:
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2003.224
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Owner:
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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