The Bedsheet
From Linen Cupboard to Art Gallery
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16776573 |
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| Authors | Beverly Ayling-Smith (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 287-300 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TEXTILE (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-9756 • E-ISSN: 1751-8350 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14759756.2018.1432142 |
| OpenAlex | W2793253267 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The choice of material in the creation of artwork is vital to the communication of the meaning of the work. Bedsheets act as silent witnesses to many natural processes in life such as birth, puberty, pleasure, disease, decay, and death. At a time of day when we are wearing little clothing, or perhaps none at all, the bedsheet is in contact with the body for many hours every night, soaking up sweat and bodily fluids to create a very personal cloth impregnated with the identity of a person. The bedsheet can become a material on which to literally or metaphorically write our meanings and messages to the world. This article will discuss the materiality of the bedsheet, an everyday and humble cloth. It will reference the work of artists, including Ewa Kuryluk who used sheets in her work, and draw on my own research into the use of materials to carry metaphors of grief and loss. It will be illustrated by my recent works using bedsheets to make a connection with the emotions of the viewer
Aesthetics · Art · Grief · Materiality (auditing · Meaning (existential · Pleasure · Visual arts · Empathy and Medical Education · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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