Marmaris
Marmaris
Jolanta Owidzka
2006
Materials
Dyed wool, dyed cotton, wood, and nails
Size
8 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 1/8 inches
Racine Art Museum, Gift of Camille and Alex Cook
About the artwork.
Born in Radom, Poland, Jolanta Owidzka attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow and the Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw where she ultimately defended her studio fabrics thesis in 1952. Owidzka is considered a fiber art pioneer as she was pushing the boundaries of the materials during a pivotal period in the field in the mid-twentieth century. This work, Marmaris, while later in her career, shows how she manipulated the structure of her weavings.