MARIANNE KEMP | TACTILE STORIES

MARIANNE KEMP

24 JUNE — 31 JULY 2022

MARIANNE KEMP TAC TILE STORIES

TAYLOE PIGGOTT GALLERY

MOUNTAIN , 2021 Horsehair, cotton, linen, wood 37 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches

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COSMIC , 2021 Horsehair, cotton, linen, wood 37 1/2 x 37 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches

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ARCH , 2017 Horsehair, cotton, pins 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 3/4 inches

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TUBE WAVES , 2014 Horsehair, cotton 63 x 78 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches

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GOLDEN RINGLETS / GOLDEN GRACE , 2006 Horsehair, cotton, glass beads 9 strands, each 70 3/4 x 3 inches Installation dimensions vary

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ENLIGHTEN ME , 2021 Horsehair, cotton, wood, gold lurex 23 1/2 x 35 1/2 inches

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OUR SPACE , 2019 Horsehair, cotton, linen, wood, aluminum frame 72 3/4 x 31 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches

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“…Especially the ones I am weaving now, they have a back to them. A layer that goes on the back, and a front layer. I like the interaction between the two layers.

The texture is getting more meaning.

They’ve now got a story to tell.”

-Marianne Kemp

LORIKEET , 2022 Horsehair, cotton Framed dimensions 21 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches

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LILAC ROLLER , 2022 Horsehair, cotton, gold lurex, wood 18 x 8 3/4 inches Framed dimensions 21 1/2 x 13 inches

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TODY , 2022 Horsehair, cotton Framed dimensions 23 x 27 inches

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CRAWLING HEDGEHOGS , 2001 - 2022 Waxed cotton, canvas, rough plant fiber 7 hedgehogs, 6 1/2 inch diameter Installation dimensions vary

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LIGNE GROSSIÈRE , 2012 Rough plant fibre, waxed cotton 196 3/4 x 2 inches Installation dimensions vary

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AWAKE , 2017 Coconut fiber, cotton, fiberfill 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches

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CRUSH, 2017, Horsehair, cotton, fiberfill 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches

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FEUILLAGE , 2014 Horsehair, cotton, linen, silk, wooden beads 67 x 35 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches

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AMORPH. BUBIFER , 2015 Horsehair, cotton, linen, wood, beads 47 1/4 x 35 3/4 x 1 1/4 inches

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SHAPING RECTANGULAR #1, 2020 Waxed cotton and paper yarn 22 x 22 inches

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SHAPING RECTANGULAR #2, 2020 Waxed cotton and paper yarn 27 inches diameter

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REFOULÉ , 2022 Horsehair, cotton 15 x 16 1/2 x 3 inches

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PASSERELLE , 2021 Horsehair, cotton 110 x 4 inches Installation dimensions vary

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PORTAIL DE COER , 2006 Horsehair, cotton 200 x 4 inches Installation dimensions vary

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TA C T I L E S T O R I E S Marianne Kemp’s passion for weaving—the process, the repetition, the creation of textural form—is evident in her unique sculptural wall textiles. With her loom, Kemp weaves innovative, new surfaces in which the conventional weaving techniques cannot be recognized.

Using horsehair and raw plant fibers, she works in a meticulously precise manner to create surfaces that seem organically morphed.

Each centimeter is studied, every rhythm calculated, each structure engineered. The warp and weft are central to the weaving, with added organic elements playing the role of a transformer.

Small bunches of horsehair are interwoven in linen, cotton, silk or wool. Kemp’s signature lies in her special way of molding, knotting, curling and looping the sculptural fibers, creating a threedimensional environment. Through properties unique to horsehair and other organic materials, these woven works can appear shiny and smooth, organic and wild, or flexible and stiff. Along with horsehair she also uses other materials like dried plant fibers, coco fibers and bark fibers from trees. A work arises intuitively, the resulting fabric fits in with Marianne’s current state of life. It is a ‘growth process’. With her work, she wants to stimulate people to look more closely, to observe, to take their time. Slow art, that is what the weaving is about.

“As a child, I was always busy with my hands. “Your hands know what to do,” someone told me once. The thing is, when I have something

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in my hands, I start thinking, both consciously and unconsciously, “what can I do with it and how does it feel? And it’s also how I see my weaving, the conscious and the unconscious, the seen and the unseen, and the visible versus the not-so-visible,” the artist says.

Marianne Kemp’s inspiration draws from her inner world along with input from the outer world in street-life, fashion, architecture as well as nature or found objects. Sometimes it’s the colors that attracts the attention, sometimes the shape or textures. Traveling within Europe and abroad to Mexico, Japan, Africa and Mongolia have generated a great interest in traditional art & design.

Dutch textile artist Marianne Kemp began sewing at the age of 13. Her early interest in textiles led her to study art at The Royal Academy of Art and Design in The Hague before moving to London to pursue her Master of Arts from the Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Upon completion of her Master’s, Kemp decided to stay in London and started working from Cockpit Arts Studios in Central London. In 2003 she returned to the Netherlands.

In her studio she works with five different looms, each with different weaving possibilities. Kemp’s work has been exhibited in the United States, at the Salone Del Mobile in Milan, as well as in Winterswijk and Kortrijk Belgium. Her work has appeared in numerous publications in her native Netherlands and abroad, including World of Interiors and Metiér Magazine.

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