Yto Barrada
YTO BARRADA
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
extended until May 30th, 2020
hamburg
Yto Barrada-Gallery Exhibition - Part 03
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The main gallery wall is transformed by a wallpaper installation, in which Barrada repurposes vintage rolls of “transfer paper,” used in the textile industry in the 1960s or 70s to absorb excess ink from the printing process. These abstract forms acquire a new life when juxtaposed with Barrada’s paintings, made using a technique called “paste paper” traditionally used to create decorative end-papers for the inside covers of books. Barrada handmade these paste paper works as part of her 2019 Casa Barragán commision, in which the artist was invited to produce works that were exhibited in the studio (now a living museum) of Mexican modernist architect Luis Barragán (1902-1988). She was inspired by end-papers found in Barragan’s book collection.
Yto Barrada-Gallery Exhibition - Part 04
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In a new body of work, the artist has hung two series of photographs, made with paper sewing lesson exercise sheets found by the artist in her hometown of Tangier. These paper lessons are designed for learning to make lines in various patterns with a sewing machine before the student advances to working with fabric. The lessons recall the pedagogical toys Fröbel, a series of play-centered exercises that incorporated kinaesthetic activities such as building with blocks, folding paper, sewing and weaving. Fröbel’s pedagogy nurtured an autonomous relationship to invention and creativity, whereby the parts that constitute the whole are made transparent and accessible, easy to play with and rearrange.