Matthew Cox- Embroidered X-Rays

Matthew Cox is a Philadelphia based artist, who creates unusual artworks using medical x-rays and embroidery, forming "a darkly comic and anachronistic impression of the human condition in the twenty-first century". Cox studied at the Parsons School of Design in New York, before receiving the Pew Charitable Trusts Fellowship in Painting and taking part in various exhibitions in the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Pentimenti Gallery in Philadelphia and the Georgetown College Art Gallery. His work is inspired by contrast between the materiality of the plastic acetate of an x-ray and the soft tactility of cloth and thread- "There's a wide historical context, one ancient, decorative, and artisanal, the other contemporary and devoid of aesthetic intention. By simply placing one of these materials on top of the other the understood purpose of each is redefined". 

Images: Matthew Cox

Inge Jacobson

These images by artist, Inge Jacobson, are concerned with the reaction of mass imagery in the world. She uses women's high fashion magazines and pornographic images from the internet, and creates an intervention with collage, embroidery and cutting. "Another theme and concept I’m exploring in my work is the ‘objectness’ of a photograph. By bringing the surface of the image to the attention of the viewer I want them to acknowledge the pieces as objects rather than just images. It seems appropriate to do so using fashion magazines as women are often objectified within them. I believe the same is also true of porn, and I try to explore this using sewing and embroidery which is largely seen as a feminine craft. The work has political connotations whilst allowing the viewer to decide whether the work is a critique of the fashion industry or pornography or something more celebratory. I would also hope that the viewer might see an element of humour in the work."

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