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| Paddy
Killer is an artist working in textiles. Well
known for her fine work and attention to detail,
she uses fabrics, ink, paint and thread in a
similar way that other artists use paint, pen
and ink, and paper. With textiles however Killer
is able to physically develop the surface of her
work to add texture and tactile qualities not
available in other media. She works within a
long tradition of the graphic development of
textile surface, which as Conrad Atkinson has
pointed out, was at one time probably the
premier medium for the Fine Artist: “In terms
of hegemony of art-forms, certain are privileged
over others. ..... a stroll around the Burrell
Collection would suggest that at the top of the
hegemony in the fourteenth and fifteenth century
embroidery by anonymous aristocratic ladies was
important and certainly above the as yet
underdeveloped easel painting” (Conrad
Atkinson, The Plate Show Catalogue,
Collins Gallery, Glasgow, 1999).
Featuring works from private and public collections, and specially commissioned pieces, the exhibition at the Harbour Gallery was retrospective in nature, covering work spanning almost 30 years, from early hand-embroidered pieces, to later drawn and machined works, drawings on paper, and book illustrations. The show included wall wall-hung works, counterpanes, and garments, including, for two days, the amazing story-telling coat commissioned for Taffy Thomas www.folkmusic.net/taffythomas/. The exhibition also included exclusive insights into Paddy’s drawing books, source materials and working methods. |
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