Kaarina Kaikkonen - Hanging On to Each Other

18 SEPTEMBER - 28 NOVEMBER
FACT'S PUBLIC ATRIUM
FREE

Finnish artist Kaarina Kaikkonen creates site-specific installations in both interior and exterior spaces using items of used clothing or shoes collected from local donors. The garments carry personal memories of the owner, and with them, she makes large-scale architectural forms or sculptures. While the materials she uses represent a common experience of domestic life, they also often allude to the artists' own parents - her deceased father's jackets as well as her mother's shoes.

In a new project, she collects second hand clothing from individuals of all ages around the Liverpool area, and installs them in FACT's public Atrium. The work reflects on the maternal act of doing the laundry, which can be understood as a basic symbol of healing, care, and unconditional love.

Category:

Science & Technology

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• Kaarina
• Kaikkonen
• Hanging
• On
• to
• Each
• Other
• Liverpool
• Biennial
• Touched
• 2010
• art
• textile
• fabric