Maddy Sloane

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drawing & Printmaking)

Drapery features repeatedly throughout the history of art, but in my work it is not secondary to the subject, or ornamental; fabric is the subject itself. I study the bed in detail, interpreting the folds of pillows and bedsheets as an ever-shifting landscape. As the place we start and end each day, the bed is host to a huge array of human activities, and I use the physical context of this intimate site as a starting point from which to examine or explore emotional landscapes. Elements of pattern and repetition recur in my work, betraying a preoccupation with cycles and the way the passage of time is experienced.