At the core of my practice based in painting and drawing is the application of craft techniques. I make ‘crafted’ paintings: works where the material application is built on the surface using methods inherent to weaving, tapestry and ceramics. My unconventional approach has entailed a search for strategies that complicate a conventional painterly language: where the tension on a painting’s surface offers cues from which to understand its creation, disrupting accepted historical gestures. My conceptual approach weaves together hybrid traditions to present a handcrafted image, rather than an illusionistic one. I am interested in eco-feminist approaches to technique and narrative in a decolonial stance where the painterly gestures of history are decoded and rebuilt with crafted and handmade, designed approaches.
Sarah Cale is a Canadian visual artist based in Brussels, Belgium. Recently her work has been shown at n0dine (Brussels), de Kromhouthal (Amsterdam), Clint Roenisch Gallery (Toronto) and Sointula Art Shed (Malcolm Island, CA).
sarahecale@gmail.com
