FAMILY THREADS: Siblings by Catarina Riccabona
Hanging 2 metres 30 centimetre wide and one metre 60 centimetres tall is a creamish woven textile made of 2 long panels hung landscape; its surface has small rectangular blocks of different weaves and fringes. Entitled ‘Ghost’ it sits above a large fireplace. It has a ghostly presence and also absence. It speaks says its maker, Catarina Riccabona of her family. “To me is really important that it's so central. Because it is about a brother who became a ghost, not only did he ghost us but he was there so prominently through his absence. It’s super central, that whole topic is always there right in the middle of the room.”
Image and image above: Alignment, 2024, Diptych handwoven in linen, paper yarn & raffia, H 200 x W 240cm.
Catarina is known for her loose woven hangings as well as her more commercial throws and cushions, but her new exhibition ‘Siblings’ at 8 Holland Street is her first themed show. It comprises 14 hangings composed of 26 separate panels and has extraordinarily been completed in just two and a half months. It is a labour of love and pain and now some joy.
Catarina is known for her loose woven hangings as well as her more commercial throws and cushions, but her new exhibition ‘Siblings’ at 8 Holland Street is her first themed show. It comprises 14 hangings composed of 26 separate panels and has extraordinarily been completed in just two and a half months. It is a labour of love and pain and now some joy.
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