Warp, Weft, and Wash: Marley Freeman x Textile Artifacts
At Booth A20 of Frieze Los Angeles, Parker Gallery deepens its dialogue between painting and cloth with a presentation that feels as much archival as it does contemporary. For this year’s fair (26 February until 1 March), the gallery unveils a solo display of new works by Marley Freeman, realised in close collaboration with her family’s Los Angeles–based enterprise, Textile Artifacts.
Above: Marley Freeman, Jinx Gold, 2025. Oil and acrylic on linen. Below: European, c. 1920s, Jacquard woven in silk velvet.
Freeman’s paintings were conceived specifically with this context in mind. Her process involves applying hand-mixed gesso before building layered constellations of colour, mirroring the accumulated logic of textile construction. Shapes press against one another like patches in appliqué; passages of saturated pigment give way to thinner, almost abraded areas, recalling worn velvets or sun-faded chintz. The canvases stop just short of recognisable form, yet their internal rhythms evoke weave structures, borders and repeat patterns. Seen alongside the selected textiles, these resonances sharpen: a Victorian satin’s dense florals find an echo in clustered brushmarks; a length of raw, hand-loomed flax reverberates in a field of muted, tactile neutrals...
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Image Credits:
Lead: My Purple Past, 2016, Marley Freeman x Textile Artifacts.
All artwork images courtesy of the artist and Parker Gallery.
All textile images courtesy of Textile Artifacts.