Old Bags (pink and yellow)

Old Bags (pink and yellow)
2002
Kate Cotching, handcut paper, ink

size of supermarket bags
Collection-Mornington Peninsular Regional Gallery

Then he realised there were people involved

Then he realised there were people involved, 2002
Paper, thread, conte (photo Michael Greaves)

This work was part of the exhibition Fold, at Craft Victoria, curated by Robyn Phelan.

Made from brightly coloured paper covered with black and white chalk, and painstakingly cut with a weave-like pattern exposing its original colour. The paper is bent and sewn together into the form of a man's suit jacket. A symbol of corporate power discarded on the floor.

Reference to the exhibition title is made through narrative rather than technique. This narrative plays with the word “fold”, implying a fracture, closure, or withdrawal of the jacket's owner and the corporate powers it represents. The human hours spent making the work, and the title, both reference the disregard institutions have for the individuals they rely on to maintain their positions of influence.

Then he realised there were people involved, 2002
Paper, thread, conte