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30.11.2012 / 7 – 9 PM – HONEYCOMB II SCHERERSTRASSE 11 / BERLIN-WEDDING HONEYCOMB II BY MEGAN COTTS MEGAN COTTS WORKS PRIMARILY IN SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATION, EXPLORING THE MEANING OF EVERYDAY OBJECTS BY CREATING A VISUAL SPHERE THAT CREATES NARRATIVES OF HISTORY AND MEMORY, THE HISTORICAL AND THE MEMORIAL. IN HER CURRENT PROJECT HONEYCOMB, COTTS HAS BUILT AN ARCHIVE SURROUNDING THE HISTORY OF THE HEILBRUN & PINNER FACTORY IN HALLE, GERMANY THAT SPECIALIZED IN DECORATIVE PAPER PRODUCTS. THE FACTORY WAS OWNED BY HER FAMILY UNTIL PRODUCTION WAS STOPPED IN 1936 DUE TO NATIONAL SOCIALIST PRESSURE. COTTS RESUSCITATES THE PATENTS FILED BY THE COMPANY, (TECHNOLOGIES WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ABSORBED BY THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY) AS THE SOURCE FOR HER SCULPTURES AND PAINTINGS. SHE CITES THE ILLUSTRATIVE SECTION OF THE PATENT TO BEGIN THE TRANSLATION INTO THE PHYSICAL. THE REINVIGORATION OF THE PROCESS OF WHAT THE PATENTS HAD SECURED IS NOW DONE BY HER HANDS. THE EXHIBITION HONEYCOMB II FEATURES THE SCULPTURES AND CANVAS WORKS THAT COTTS HAS MADE DURING HER TIME IN BERLIN. TWO LARGE-SCALE PAPER SCULPTURES REFERENCE THE HISTORY OF THE HONEYCOMB IN THE 20TH CENTURY. FROM A VALENTINES DAY CARD TO THE SKIN OF AN AIRPLANE WING, COTTS USES SCALE TO SHOW THESE TWO OBJECTS REMARKABLY EMERGE FROM THE SAME DESIGN CONCEPT. THE CANVAS WALL-HANGINGS IN THE GALLERY SHOW A CONTINUATION OF THE HONEYCOMB TREATMENT ACROSS MATERIAL. THE RAW CANVAS IS SEWN INTO PLACE AND THEN TREATED, USING FIRE OR DYES TO ALTER THE FABRIC FIBRES. THROUGH RE-ENACTING THE PHYSICAL PROCESS OF MAKING THESE ENDLESS PATTERNS, PLAYING WITH THE SCALE AND MATERIAL, AND SHIFTING THE EMPHASIS FROM THE ORIGINAL, MASS-PRODUCED COMBS TO HANDMADE INTERPRETATIONS OF SHAPES, SHE DISCREETLY QUESTIONS LEGACIES, AUTHORITY, AND HISTORY WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY CONSTRUCTING HER OWN MEGAN COTTS WAS BORN IN NEW YORK, NY IN 1979. SHE RECEIVED HER MFA FROM CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS IN 2009. MORE: WWW.MEGANCOTTS.COM MORE MORE: http://www.i-a-m.tk/coming-soon.html --------------------------------------------
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