Columns:: Fiber artist’s exhibition challenges stereotypes about ‘women’s work’

since 12/15/98

Columns::September 16, 2002

Parting thoughts: Provost reflects on successes, challenges of her tenure at UGA
The forest and the trees
Southern forest products industry loses $430 million
Helping hands
University Council will consider domestic partners policy at first meeting
Sound science
Campus Closeup
Two curators, deputy director join Georgia Museum of Art
Newsmakers
Good vibrations

Campus News

Fiber artist’s exhibition challenges stereotypes about ‘women’s work’

By Robin Dana
rdana@uga.edu

Perilously Close, an exhibition of the work of fiber artist Ursula McCarty, will be on display from Sept. 19 through Oct. 11 in

Perilously Close examines the historical context of fiber arts, both celebrating and criticizing this domestic tradition.

the main gallery of the visual arts building. An opening reception will be held Sept. 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the gallery. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The reception and exhibit are both free and open to the public.
McCarty’s work examines the historical context of fiber arts, both celebrating and criticizing this domestic tradition.
“I am interested in how the domestic space, the home, has become a metaphor for women’s bodies and how women’s bodies have become representations of these personal spaces,” McCarty says.
McCarty often combines screen-printing, resist-dying and installation with embroidery, crocheting and stitching to challenge stereotypes about “women’s work” and to question the effects of these limits on modern women. McCarty reprimands a culture that has historically confined women to very narrow paths. Her work is simultaneously unflinching and alluring, combining subversive feminist content with the familial texture of a well-worn quilt.
McCarty lives and works in Milledgeville. She received an M.F.A. in textile design from the University of Kansas and an M.A. and B.F.A. in fiber art from the University of Iowa. She is currently a professor of art at Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville.

UGA Today supports QuickTime, Flash, RealPlayer and Acrobat Reader (PDF files).
Download information about these plug-ins.
Affiliate icons for UGA Today

COLUMNS ] UGA Today ] Subscribe ] News Bureau ]
Office of Public Affairs Directory ] Photo Services ]
Broadcast, Video & Photography ] Master Calendar]
Columns ] Georgia Magazine ]Visitors Center ]
UGA Home ] Alumni ] Admissions ] UGA Directories ]
Sports ] Weather ] Search UGA sites ]

Columns is produced by the UGA News Service, a unit of UGA Public Affairs.
Beth Roberts: Columns editor, Juliett Dinkins: Columns managing editor,
Janet Beckley: Columns art director. Peter Frey: Columns photo editor

Questions or comments should be directed to columns@uga.edu