Earth as Weight
Completed
2021
Medium
woven wire, reed, found rock, paint, graphite
Dimensions
5” l x 3.5” w x 5.5”h
Cost
$204
Description
Sarita Westrup creates sculptural baskets contemplating ideas of land, immigration, and the significance of the tripod as a symbol for US-Mexico borderland relations. While placing an emphasis on both containment and permeability, Westrup intuitively weaves around a molcajete from the dollar store, a kettlebell handle, as well as real and created rocks using reed and wire. Layers of cement, paint, and graphite are built up on the wall and lips of the sculptures recalling the defining textures of international border checkpoints that she grew up crossing by car and by foot. The result is a combination of weight and playfulness, capturing the joys and struggles of the borderland experience.
About this Artist
Sarita Westrup
Sarita Westrup is an artist living and working in Dallas, TX. Rooted in basketry techniques and bricolage her sculptural basketry works are inspired by where she was born and raised, the Rio Grande Valley of South on the Texas – Mexico border. She received her MFA in Fibers from the University of North Texas in 2016. Her work has been exhibited widely including recent exhibitions at the Nasher Sculpture Museum in Dallas,TX as part of the Nasher Windows Series, the Wayne Art Center in Wayne,Pennsylvania, Kentucky Museum in Bowling Green Kentucky, the Latino Cultural Center in Dallas, Texas, and form and concept in Sante Fe, New Mexico.
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