The White Album (coffee)

Art

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2019.02

Description

vertically strung fibers with three circles stained with coffee & dangling paper [roaches] hung within it, bordered by blue weaving approx. 6 inches in width.

Artwork Details

Medium

beads, wool; fiber; found materials; cotton; tobacco paper, metal clips; rayon

Context

This work was part of exhibit "Some Kind of Duty" in 2019, which featured new weavings by kg. They incorporated references ranging from addiction, personal and family histories, mourning, and their beloved dog Pawel to Polish immigration, badminton, poetry, Jim Morrison and the Doors, and feminist fiber artists.

Acquisition

Accession

2019.01-02

Source or Donor

Karolina Gnatowski

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Courtesy of the artist

Made/Created

Artist

Karolina Gnatowski

Date made

2018

Ethnography

Notes

Polish American

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

LGBTQ+, sexual orientation, sociological concepts, social science concepts, weaving, assembling (additive and joining process), plant fiber, natural fiber, fiber, materials (substances), mental health, health, biological concepts, scientific concepts, grief, negative emotions, emotion, psychological concepts

Hierarchy Name

Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), Materials (hierarchy name)

Facet

Associated Concepts Facet, Activities Facet, Materials Facet

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

96 in

Depth

2 in

Length

120 in

Exhibition

Some Kind of Duty

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

This is cotton too its a double disc I used the sock you gave me to pour the bustello and mae you a face like the one in the aiport I see you in on instagram then wove through more cotton and made in America duo tone rayon in celadon the color of coconut milk with roaches coiled in