Remade, 2011
Digital machine stitching on fabric
10 x 10 inches
edition of 50
'Remade' is an edition made in two colors each limited to 50
LMAKprojects is pleased to present Nava Lubelski's newest series of editions 'Remade'. The 10 x 10 inch canvases feature Lubelski's signature stain stitch work, however this time they are executed by industrial machines in a factory. Lubelski has always been intrigued by the 'value' attached to the idea of handmade versus machine made. Even though the latter is instructed to repeat a certain pattern Lubelski's design is so complex the digitizing software adjusts certain patterns which the machine then tries to follow, much like an artist makes certain decisions to achieve their visual interpretation and introduce their own imperfections. The play on authorship and the essence of unique is put to the challenge, as each edition is variable. Remade consists of two sets of color Blue and Green both edition of 50 signed and numbered on the back.
Nava Lubelski (New York, 1969) explores the contradictions between the impulse to destroy and the compulsion to mend. She juxtaposes rapid acts of destruction, such as spilling and cutting, with painstaking, restorative labor. Embroideries are hand-stitched over stains and rips, contrasting the accidental with the meticulous, constructing narrative from randomness and mistake. The initial marks are found on linens or are created by cutting and staining canvas. The work scrambles expressions of aggression with masochistic patience and sublimation and plays with the feminine through the graphic form of the "stain" and the adding of peek-a-boo, lace inlays to repair cut holes that expose the hidden space behind the canvas. Shadows on the wall add a sculptural dimension and some pieces are hung off the wall to reveal the secret and unintended marks of the verso. Her works on paper are an attempted to "repair" the long-lost original tree, and an examination of feelings of despair about waste and the unsustainable while simultaneously responding to the shadow impulse to hoard and keep what is no longer needed.
