Hana Miletić
Materials, 2023
crochet and hand-knit textile (forest green mercerised cotton, dark green linen, moss green organic cord, pale yellow repurposed t-shirt fabric, sea green organic cotton, and white organic cotton)
crochê e tecido tricotado à mão (algodão mercerizado verde floresta, linho verde escuro, cordão orgânico verde musgo, tecido de camiseta reaproveitado amarelo claro, algodão orgânico verde mar e algodão orgânico branco)
crochê e tecido tricotado à mão (algodão mercerizado verde floresta, linho verde escuro, cordão orgânico verde musgo, tecido de camiseta reaproveitado amarelo claro, algodão orgânico verde mar e algodão orgânico branco)
190 x 55 x 9 cm
74 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 3 1/2 in
74 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 3 1/2 in
Hana Miletić has been working on her Materials series since 2015. With the colourful handwoven textiles comprising this body of work, the artist responds to sites of transformation and makeshift...
Hana Miletić has been working on her Materials series since 2015. With the colourful handwoven textiles comprising this body of work, the artist responds to sites of transformation and makeshift repair she encounters in urban cityscapes.
The works shown here refer to Prishtina and incorporate local unprocessed wool. Her most common points of reference are broken architectural elements and dented infrastructure, patched up in a manner equally pragmatic and poetic. Miletić begins by photographing these restorative interventions.
The resulting images she treats as “cartoons” or blueprints for weavings that reproduce the form and colour of their source. Their apparent allusion to artistic abstractionism belies their commonplace origins and their shared authorship.
In reproducing such everyday acts of care, Miletić lends these gestures the attention they would not otherwise have. At the same time, she underscores their innate artistic value – both in terms of their formal vocabulary and their embodiment of social sculpture whereby people shape their environment.
The works shown here refer to Prishtina and incorporate local unprocessed wool. Her most common points of reference are broken architectural elements and dented infrastructure, patched up in a manner equally pragmatic and poetic. Miletić begins by photographing these restorative interventions.
The resulting images she treats as “cartoons” or blueprints for weavings that reproduce the form and colour of their source. Their apparent allusion to artistic abstractionism belies their commonplace origins and their shared authorship.
In reproducing such everyday acts of care, Miletić lends these gestures the attention they would not otherwise have. At the same time, she underscores their innate artistic value – both in terms of their formal vocabulary and their embodiment of social sculpture whereby people shape their environment.