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'we loved being at home'
Caryn Nolan at artSPACE durbanThe creation of this body of work, for her Masters of Technology (MTech) from Durban University of Technology, has taken place over a period of four years and has been informed by the research Nolan has done both into the history of her family and the history of needlework (Rozsika Parker, 1984 and other authors). Nolan has learnt that there are many artists (particularly female) who have come before her in the use of craft techniques in a Fine Art context. The feminist artists of the 1970s made advances with the use of needlework as a conceptual tool and she sees herself working within this tradition, in validating her matriarchal lineage. This relates to a questioning of the patriarchal value systems that have dominated society for many centuries, and a female attempt to take control of history using needlework as a strategy.
01 November 2010 - 13 November 2010