Gabriel Dawe creates superb mixed media installations. Most of them are entitled 'Plexus'...
"...which literally means the network of nerves or vessels informing and
sustaining the body. It was the perfect name because it not only refers
to the connection of the body with its environment, but it also relates
directly to the intricate network of threads forming the installation
itself, and to the tension inherent in the thread, vibrating with an
almost tangible luminosity. Plexus evokes the intrinsic order within the
apparent chaos that exists in nature. A hidden codification breaks
through, piercing our daily perceptions, seeming to create both matter
and the immaterial with colorful rays of light."(
gabrieldawe.com)
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"One of the first ideas I began developing, which comes directly from the
theme of that first show, is related to the human need for shelter. I
decided to create an architectural structure by using the core material
of clothing. I realized that among the many intricacies of the raison
d’être of both fashion and architecture is the capacity to offer shelter
to the body. (...) I had the desire to use gradations of color. It just made sense to
subtly blend colors into a fine progression, and it was only later that I
realized this was connected to the way light blends in the sky." (
gabrieldawe.com)
"The fineness of the thread makes these installations ethereal, almost
immaterial, yet not, almost disappearing to the eye and leaving a color
haze behind. This color mist alludes to a symbolic quest to materialize
light, to give it density, so that I can offer the viewer an
approximation of things otherwise inaccessible to us- a glimmer of hope
that brings us closer to the transcendent, to show that there can be
beauty in this messed up world we live in. Light is composed of the
different colors of the spectrum. Here, it also comes to symbolize unity
and wholeness." (
gabrieldawe.com)
And look at this dope installation from 2 perspectives:
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