Andrea Donnelly

A recent MFA (fibers) graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University, Andrea Donnelly weaves large scale portraits. While subtle in their graphic nature, these portraits communicate an introspective veil that is very clear. This veil is literal, and metaphorical in that these curtains of woven cloth create an image of the subject that calls attention to the media and that the subject is merely an image. I couldn't find many examples of her work, but as she is still an emerging artist that is somewhat expected; hope to see more in the future.
http://www.1708gallery.org/blog/?p=19

"holding in", cotton, pigment, fiber-reactive dye, thread, hand woven into five panels, dyed weft, pigment painted warp, 8'6"x 17'x 2'.