Exquisite Corpses
Cadavres exquis
Cadáveres exquisitos
2022-2026
Project supported by the Canada Council for the Arts
Textile assemblage made from repurposed fabric samples, with drawn, stitched, and/or embroidered interventions
21 modular elements, each 18 x 26 cm (overall installation dimensions variable)
“Maria Ezcurra’s Exquisite Corpses presents fragmented, playful, and mythological feminine figures -drawn, sewn, and embroidered onto fabrics from home décor books. Twenty-one bodies, at once abstract and symbolic, emerge from textiles once used as upholstery samples. Through cutting, stitching, and reassembling, Ezcurra conflates drawing and embroidery, blurring boundaries between art and craft, public and private, visual and tactile. The figures unravel and reform, reflecting the female body as a site and symbol of transformation.”
Art Around, curatorship
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