I would like to introduce 'Figures on Cloth' with the observations made on two of the works by Doug Coates, former IT consultant and architect and the guest-of-honour at my exhibition 'The Language of Feeling' in 2001, Melbourne.
In the paint and fabric collages, a particular point that interests me is the use of pattern in the reversal of figure and ground – where the figure is a patterned fabric shape set into a plainer ground, sometimes with drawn figures in silhouette or lightly sketched in. It produces a floating effect that is sometimes ghostly.
Batik man on cloth 01, 1998Fabric, stitching and colour pencil , 35 x 25 cm
Figure on cloth 02, 1998Mixed media, 35 x 25 cm
Worried man 03 , 2001Mixed media, approx 28 x 20 cm
Worried man 04, 2001
Mixed media, approx 28 x 20 cm
Worried man 01, 2001
Worried man 01, 2001
Mixed media on fabric, approx 28 x 20 cm
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