Mary Becker
All Dressed Up and No Place to Go
Antique Hand Painted China, Fabrics, Found Objects
~ 4" X 3" X 2" each - 3" X 5" X 3" each
2021
Unapologetically lush, tactile, and many layered, Becker uses antique and vintage textiles, jewelry, china, milagros, bits, pieces, and magpie collections from many cultures in her assemblages. Fragments of handwork from weavers, lace makers, jewelers, painters, quilters, and embroiderers layer her works, and her pleasure in touching and editing their work into her own gives a sense of the generations of artists before who have always made beautiful things.
