Velvet Collage

Yto Barrada
Velvet Collage , 2021
Silk velvet dyes from plant extracts mounted on board
Work: 76.2 x 57.2 cm

Salient to Barrada’s practice are concepts of pleasure, discovery and analysis, which are formulated through key works that experiment with materials (rust, cotton, natural dyes) and traditional processes. Her methodology is influenced by her background in history and political science. By using visual, textual and sculptural relics, the exhibition finds points of anchorage in historical narrative and aesthetic imagination and simultaneously condenses and stretches the frame of time.