Ribbon House
2018
Scrap wood, ribbon, beads
Dimensions vary
Ribbon House subverts the traditional understanding of ribbons and beads as frivolous and gendered decorative objects. Instead of hardware or glue, ribbons are wrapped and woven through the scrap wood to bind them together, and knotted with beads at each end like anchors. This piece was part of a two-person exhibition at the Arlington Arts Center (Arlington, VA) in 2018. Exhibition statement below. See more images from this exhibition here.
In Within/Between, AAC Resident Artists Olivia Tripp Morrow and Jen Noone explore materiality and form. Jen Noone explores the relationship between the appearance of a thing, its material make up, and its function. In her sculptures and other three-dimensional works, cement is a decorative element, a structural support, and a container, while makeup, gray clay, house paint, and foam insulation board are combined to create forms and surfaces that mimic cement structures. Olivia Tripp Morrow’s work addresses the body, memory, sexuality, domesticity, and excess. For Within/Between, she uses found, recycled, donated, and discarded blankets and other domestic materials to create structures that evoke bodies, including spaces within spaces that provide shelter or comfort.
2018
Scrap wood, ribbon, beads
Dimensions vary
Ribbon House subverts the traditional understanding of ribbons and beads as frivolous and gendered decorative objects. Instead of hardware or glue, ribbons are wrapped and woven through the scrap wood to bind them together, and knotted with beads at each end like anchors. This piece was part of a two-person exhibition at the Arlington Arts Center (Arlington, VA) in 2018. Exhibition statement below. See more images from this exhibition here.
In Within/Between, AAC Resident Artists Olivia Tripp Morrow and Jen Noone explore materiality and form. Jen Noone explores the relationship between the appearance of a thing, its material make up, and its function. In her sculptures and other three-dimensional works, cement is a decorative element, a structural support, and a container, while makeup, gray clay, house paint, and foam insulation board are combined to create forms and surfaces that mimic cement structures. Olivia Tripp Morrow’s work addresses the body, memory, sexuality, domesticity, and excess. For Within/Between, she uses found, recycled, donated, and discarded blankets and other domestic materials to create structures that evoke bodies, including spaces within spaces that provide shelter or comfort.
