Judy Darragh
Aotearoa New Zealand, b.1957
Rug
- 2009
- Synthetic found mat and reinforced steel
- Purchased, 2010
- 1700 x 2000 x 1600mm
- 2010/022
Tags: blue (color), carpets, rugs (textiles)
Judy Darragh repurposes familiar everyday materials with humour and irony, creating new objects alive with possibility. She often uses discarded items, but this gravity-defying work was made from something new and mass produced – a cheap, synthetic Persian-style rug. Poised at the point of take-off, it’s a cut-rate magic carpet that both applauds and lampoons the potential of ‘great’ art to transport us into unknown realms.
(We do this, 12 May 2018 - 26 May 2019)