1
300
1
-
https://artistparentindex.com/files/original/3a9b21f8d9637bc89a2d5eec23d22ec8.JPG
7cecb91aef2664c9bfde64df007bb0ba
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Artist Parent Index
Person
An individual.
Website
The Artist's website
<a href="http://www.kristinskees.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.kristinskees.com</a>
Medium
photography
fiber art
Location
The location of the interview
Virginia
USA
Artist Statement
The ongoing Cozy Portrait portrait series combines traditional women’s craft, contemporary DIY culture, portraiture, and a love of the unexpected and absurd. This work morphs and conforms to each person I photograph and the cozy is custom made for each subject. Reminiscent of an ill-fitting handmade sweater, the cozy represents the fine line between comfort and constriction. It is simultaneously a warm cocoon and a claustrophobic straight-jacket. It is this relationship of artist and subject that represents my own journey as a daughter and a mother. For me, these primal relationships are fraught with contradictions. Where protection becomes suppression, and one’s identity is consumed, blurred and defined by that relationship. In addition to the Cozy Portrait series, these themes of motherhood and identity are explored throughout my work, including the photographic series Mother/Artist, Yawning Beagles, Tiny Trophies, and others
Topic
caretaking
mothering
cozy
craft
fiber
knitting
cocoon
protecting
daughter
constriction
identity
motherhood
Exhibitions
Exhibitions in the Index that an artist has participated in. The two entries will be linked.
Cozy Portraits, solo exhibition, New Image Gallery, James Madison University, VA, 2018
Mother / Artist, solo exhibition, the Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA, 2018
Yawning Beagles, solo show, Charles H. Taylor Arts Center, Hampton, VA, 2013
Family Matters, PhotoPlace Gallery, (Online Annex), Middlebury, VT,, 2015
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Kristin Skees
caretaking
cocoon
constriction
cozy
craft
daughter
fiber
fiber art
identity
knitting
motherhood
mothering
photography
protecting