From top: Teresa (of Calcutta), Thérèse (of Lisieux), Josemaria (Escriva), Luigi (Giussani), Gianna (Beretta Molla), Maximilian (Kolbe), Emil (Kapaun), all portraits 14 x 11 inches. Dove, 12.5 x 12.5 inches, Night, 11.5 x 11.5 inches, Cross, 12 x 9 inches, Toilers of the Sea, 13 x 12 inches.

about the work

These works are made by cutting, layering, and sewing black nylon tulle onto a white ground, so that the image is wholly created by overlapping layers of tulle and aligned voids.

Because of the interplay of light and shadow with a material that is itself very like a shadow and because of the blurring and Moiré effects produced by the layers of screen-like fabric, the images create a number of paradoxical perceptual effects, making them very difficult to photograph.

This video helps give a better sense of what the works are, what they look like in person, and shows how the works are made.

exhibitions