2-color knit acrylic wool, approx. 195x25cm Created and crafted in Germany
Inspired by the unmistakable energy of the Woods Art Institute, the textile work "1006" combines numerous sketchy impressions of the arboretum and sculpture garden into a seemingly inextricable web. What at first glance appears to be an abstract, random chaos or a turbulent interplay of black and white unfolds upon closer inspection into a multi-layered hidden object: a web of countless individual parts, elements, and symbols hidden within the WAI, waiting to be discovered.
The two-tone jacquard knit with closed edges shows the motif inverted on the reverse, changing the perception of the artwork depending on the viewing direction, creating new meanings and effects. The title also refers to this reflection of the contemporary and the timeless, the visible and the invisible.
About the artist:
DAVI.INis a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker from Hamburg. His colorful, effects-driven style draws on a wide range of cultural influences—from internet aesthetics to ancient mythology. His work interweavesDAVI.INHe transforms ancient and contemporary symbols into new visual worlds by translating techniques such as acrylic and spray painting into pixel graphics and ultimately materializing them in knitted wool. In this way, he artfully combines one of the newest and one of the oldest technologies of image production.
