Gaia’s Loom, Alex Martin

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Alex Martin, Gaia’s Loom
Alex Martin, Gaia’s Loom
Alex Martin
Gaia’s Loom
2020
Alex Martin
Gaia’s Loom, 2020
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: burlap; wood
Credit line: Courtesy of the artist
Accession number: T2020.149
Not on display
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Backyard Bash: Conference of the Birds
Invoking Gaia, the Greek name for the personification of Mother Nature, Martin’s design references the engineering of a weaverbird’s nest at a human scale. Layers of woven material flow between a series of posts, creating a web punctuated with small openings that offer, as Martin explains, “niches for birds to take refuge” and “read like sheet music, representing notes of birdsong.”

Exhibitions

Backyard Bash: Conference of the Birds
2020