Jacqueline Wylie is worried about how value is assigned to art materials
so she knits to calm her nerves. "The historical associations of hand
knitting are domestic and gender based: this was an activity carried out
largely by women in their own homes, so art - that's a guy thing, right?"
Much of Jacqueline's work refers to contemporary painting practice and like
the artists Agnes Martin, Bridget Riley, and Jason Martin she deploys
abstraction and process in a self-reflexive way that turns attention
onto the materials and techniques used.
This year she has been working with Contemporary Art
Project (CAP) to show artwork into community spaces like St Mary
Magdalene Church, Euston and St Bartholomew's in Brighton. In 2002 Jacqueline will be an artist in
residence at Bolton Institute's Dept. of Art & Design as part of the
Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) project.
[contact Jacqueline Wylie]