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John McQueen: Woods and Words |
| Section: THE ARTS / DESIGN |
| Author: Patricia Malarcher |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1993 |
| Size: 1,239 Words, 7,341 Characters |
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John McQueen calls himself a basket maker, yet casts aside all traditional notions of the ancient craft of basketry. In his distinctively original works, one finds a combination of an engineer's attention to the details of assembly and a shaman's attunement to nature. Although he uses materials gathered from the woods, his forms have been inspired not only by the curves of vines and branches but also by common objects such as cardboard cartons. Ever since McQueen emerged as an exhibiting artist in the mid-1970s, the trees around his home in Upstate New York have played a role in his work. At first, they served simply as his source of materials; more recently, they have provided the subject matter as well as the physical substance of his work.
McQueen's basketry evolved from his earlie...
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... a branch that, in relation to the globular shape, concisely speaks of the world. The fact that the form's survival requires continued interdependence of the burrs reflects in a subtle but eloquent way the current ecological concern.
Although McQueen's unusual works could be viewed as the musing of a private individual, they seem to be rooted in truths that are both timely and timeless.
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