Michael Olszewski
Like Two Rocks
1994
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Michael Olszewski
Like Two Rocks
1994
Physical Qualities
Fabric construction in silk with plastic rings, handstitched and embroidered, Framed: 24 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 2 inches (62.2 x 87.6 x 5.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Artist
Object Number
2015.331
Two fabric collage panels consisting of larger background panels of dark gold fabric with applied irregular sections of various fabrics, including beige textile with thick black stripes, large sections of crepe-like gold with somewhat irregular oval black spots, and narrow stripes in horizontal position, of grey and gold ikat. The left panel also has a rectangular section of blue material, a narrow vertical strip of light gold with black diamond shapes-- a rectangular section of blue fabric and a small section of dark red and blue fabric. The right panel has a long narrow strip of reddish ikat along the right edge and a wider strip of black and gold striped fabric along the left side. Per the artist, fabrics are silk. Both panels have random semicircular or curved lines embroidered in either gold or black thread and other small shapes embroidered in various threads. Plastic rings are also attached to each panel within the field. Panels are handstitched and hand embroidered (per the artist).
The two panels are positioned next to each other on a white paper backing and are framed as one object in a contemporary narrow black frame.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; the artist
Malarcher, Patricia, "The Imagined Image: Looking with the Inner Eye," Surface Design Journal, Spring 199, pp. 21-23, illus, p. 23.
