Rock & Roll Cross Stitch - Kate Westerholt Music Lyrics as Art (GALLERY)

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On: Dec 2, 07
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Rock & Roll Cross Stitch - Kate Westerholt Music Lyrics as Art (GALLERY) [Edit]


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I recently came across the work of Kate Westerholt and I think it’s awesome. She recreates classic song lyrics in sampler form and was even commissioned by British Vogue. I was specially co missioned to do a piece on Fashion Fantasy.

Kate Westerholt is currently based in London, and is represented by the Tom Tom Gallery. Kate Westerholt creates original samplers with a 21st Century twist. Her work is a kind of cross-stitch time clash - Westerholt playfully adds snippets of contemporary culture to the 18th Century colonial American embroidery motifs she’s inspired by. Traditional pictorial scenes of figures, birds and flowers are inscribed with the vernacular of now. These are not nice girl samplers. Whereas historically such embroideries have incorporated biblical references, it’s music and pop culture that crop up in Kate’s work. Westerholt weaves song lyrics and film quotes into her work. These provide a social commentary of sorts, on topics such as the appropriation of hip-hop culture into the mainstream. Kate Westerholt’s work places the longevity of popular culture under scrutiny, posing questions like - will Missy Elliot’s lyrics endure? How will our culture be perceived in 100 years? (katewesterholt)





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