Mike Brown Contemporary (Form. If ART)

Mary Robinson

Studio: Mike Brown Contemporary (form. if ART)

Mary Robinson artist statement.

As I tear, cut and glue old artworks and clothing, I am simply reordering fiber, dye and pigment. I unstitch clothing and use the broken threads to create new fiber configurations or glue them to collagraph plates from which to make new prints. I cut up intaglio, relief and screen prints and reconfigure them into collages and sometimes make new prints from these collages. I pulp fabric to make new paper. These small acts of regeneration and transformation reflect hope: we can use limitations as opportunities for creativity. We can appreciate, respect and reuse the tiniest material scraps rather than over consume and discard.

Studio Location: 1223 Lincoln Street COLUMBIA SC 29201

Studio Website: https://mikebrowncontemporary.com/

Directions: From the SC State House, take US 1 (Gervais St.) east. Turn left on Bull St. Studio is on right at corner of Bull St. and Blanding St.

Wheelchair accessible? Yes

Event: SC printmaker and USC professor Mary Robinson will give a demonstartion of printmaking without a press on April 1 throughout the day.