Kathryn Polk’s “Narrative Lithographs” can be found at the Wally Workman Gallery from January 9 until February 2. “The red thread is a symbol for my mother, and it also indicates the bloodline between the women in my family and the legacy of her,” she says.Įvents Pick: Kristen Kish Brings Culinary Friends to Arlo Grey
Music Pick: Big Freedia Brings the Bounce to Emo’s Austin Born and raised in Vermont, Parker feels most at home in the outdoors. Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Texas at Austin : 2004. Polk explains that the thread is associated with her mother because she was a gifted seamstress. 3 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States. there was a workman's bench, a lathe and other carpenter's tools. It seemingly is attached to each woman not just physically but emotionally. Arab in shirt and trousers called out a greeting to Wally and came over to us. In art pieces like “I Won’t Go Back” and “I Remember Everything,” which will be on display during the show, a bold red thread immediately catches the viewer’s attention. While Polk often leaves the meaning behind these symbols, and the repetition of the same characters, up to the audience’s interpretation, she did shed some light on one. Established in 1980 and located in a 100 year old historic house in Austin’s art district. The pieces contain unique symbols, like flames, needles and thread, women in pink dresses and daring tattoos, which play a role in the majority of Polk’s creations. Drawing inspiration from her childhood in the South during the ’50s and ’60s, the expected role of women in society and four generations of women in her family, Polk’s artwork commands a strong female presence. Artist Kathryn Polk has been creating intricate lithographs, images printed on flat surfaces like stone, for the past 17 years.
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