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Felt Sincerity

  • A mixed-media artwork featuring various repurposed crocheted pieces, including colorful doilies and blankets. The pieces are arranged on a textured background with different patterns and colors, showcasing intricate handmade designs and a sense of history and craftsmanship.Artwork by Nick Fagan for Felt Sincerity exhibition
  • A colorful artwork featuring a collage of crocheted doilies and various handmade textile pieces, with intricate patterns and vibrant colors. The piece is part of Nick Fagan鈥檚 2022 Borgeson Artist in Residence Exhibition at 熊猫在线视频, exploring sincerity and the spirit of repurposed objects.Artwork by Nick Fagan for Felt Sincerity exhibition
  • Close-up of colorful, intricately crocheted doilies and blankets, featuring pastel and vibrant hues of pink, blue, orange, and yellow. The doilies are interlinked with gold chains and set against a background with a zigzag pattern. The piece, part of Nick Fagan's 2022 Borgeson Artist in Residence Exhibition, emphasizes the sincerity and spirit imbued in repurposed objects.Artwork by Nick Fagan for Felt Sincerity exhibition
  • A close-up of a textile artwork featuring a collage of colorful crocheted doilies and blankets. The pieces are intricately woven with patterns in hues of pink, blue, yellow, orange, and navy, and are connected by gold chains threaded through metal grommets. The background includes patches of grey and black zigzag fabric.Artwork by Nick Fagan for Felt Sincerity exhibition
  • A vibrant textile artwork featuring various colors and intricate patterns. The composition includes crocheted blankets and doilies in hues of blue, red, white, pink, and green, set against a yellow background with scattered circular elements. The piece reflects the theme of repurposed objects carrying the residues and spirits of their past owners.Artwork by Nick Fagan for Felt Sincerity exhibition
  • Close-up of a colorful crocheted blanket featuring a variety of vibrant colors including yellow, green, red, blue, pink, white, and brown. The intricate patterns and textures highlight the handmade nature of the piece, emphasizing the artist's focus on sincerity and the spiritual residue of repurposed objects. Artwork by Nick Fagan for Felt Sincerity exhibition

AUGUST 22鈥揝EPTEMBER 22, 2022

2022 BORGESON ARTIST IN RESIDENCE EXHIBITION

Nick Fagan鈥檚 summer research and resulting exhibition revolves around the concept of sincerity and using repurposed objects found in the community. Recently, he鈥檚 been working with the idea of residue or spirit in repurposed objects, or more specifically the accomplishment or purpose of objects left behind. With specific interest in things like doilies, crocheted blankets, things that are handmade and likely served as gifts, he believes these objects wear the residues of their past owners鈥� lives. The sincerity in the object or in the presence of the object comes embedded in its form.

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