Little Women in Mixed Media
April 2016
Artist Kirsten Biven has generated a series of 8 mixed media art pieces from collaborative processes during winery psalms workshops for the interdisciplinary artwork, 1868 Alcott Chenin Blanc. Each of the finished pieces are 35cm X 25cm (unmounted) and hold a value of $350.00 each when mounted. Developed from drawings of dancers Katie Chown, Jacqui Otago and Esther Scott during rehearsals with choreographer Frances Barbe, composer Anna-Kat Hicks as well as artist Kirsten Biven, each work offers a glimpse of a creative process in an artistic product.
The provocation for the 1868 Alcott Chenin Blanc artistic work was a quote from the novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: “I’m not afraid but it seems as if I should be homesick for you even in heaven” (1868). The artists’ response to this provocation was an invitation to the viewer to respond: Taste the unashamedly nostalgic flavour of sweet sorrow etched into the threads of time. Joyful notes of spring and roses burst through smoky reminiscence to delicately weave a waltz of memories.
| Ash Imagery Jacqui 1 | Ash Imagery Jacqui 2 | Ash Imagery Jacqui 3 |
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| Katie's Chair 2 | Katie's Chair 3 |
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To arrange a viewing, or to purchase one of these evocative pieces, please contact Kirsten directly on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.