Tammy Kanat
Bronze Weave (Blue), 2023
bronze
26 x 22 cm
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Tammy Kanat’s new work presents a self-reflective trajectory that evolves her practice into the future. Established as a textile artist, Kanat had previously worked for ten years as a jeweller....
Tammy Kanat’s new work presents a self-reflective trajectory that evolves her practice into the future. Established as a textile artist, Kanat had previously worked for ten years as a jeweller. Seeking to inject a sense of gravity into her practice, Kanat looked to her jewellery heritage and its hard gems and heavy materials. Embarking on the journey through exploration and play, her forms evolved instead into bronze, a solid, weighty, antidote to tapestry’s warp and left wrapped around air. Yet in their rigid form, the bronze castings manifest the gentle qualities of woven fibres and bleeding tones of Kanat’s signature. These material translations, grounded and heavy, give a sense of cementing Kanat in this visceral world.
Exhibitions
Sydney Contemporary. Carriageworks, Sydney. 7 September 2023 - 10 September 2023Melbourne Art Fair (Group Exhibition), Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne. 22 - 25 February, 2024.