| Every summer FiberScene reserves this space for recent graduates. This summer's artists Zoe Nemeth and Keiko Sakagami are from California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, while Rui-xiang Zhang graduated from the University of California, Davis. For a complete listing of Bay Area Fiber programs, refer to our Resource Page. Keiko Sakagami's contemporary kimonos embrace 21st Century multiculturalism. While the form directly references historical Japanese costumes, her whimsical combinations of surface designs emphasize a distinctly modern approach. The installations that Zoe Nemeth creates "…highlight ideas of invasion, contagion, paranoia and observation". The results are repulsive yet wonderfully seductive. Rui-xiang Zhang's work is based on a Chinese proverb: "The reed is soft, flexible, yet strong. No matter what pressure the reed experiences, it always returns to its original self-shape." Zhang's sculptures express flexibility and stubbornness, qualities she uses as a metaphor for human strengths and difficulties. FiberScene.com
supports up and coming artists through its summer Graduate Show. If you are planning
to graduate in 2003, we encourage you to submit your work. Contact us at mgblock@fiberscene.com | |||
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ONCE UPON A TIME 2001 5' x 5' Fiber Reactive Dyes on Silk NFS | 
ONCE UPON A TIME, under kimono | ||
RED LEGEND 2001 5' x 5' Fiber Reactive Dyes on Silk NFS | 
RED LEGEND, back view | ||
RED LEGEND, under kimono | |||
MULTIVERSE 2001 5' x 5' Fiber Reactive Dyes on Silk NFS | |||
PARALLEL UNIVERSE, back view of MULTIVERSE | 
REVERSE (under kimono for MULTIVERSE) | ||
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| Zoe Nemeth | |||
RECONNOITER 2002 22" x 22" x 34' mixed media NFS | 
RECONNOITER, detail | ||
EYE SEA, detail 2002 dimensions dependent on installation resin $600 | |||
INFILTRATION INSTALLATION-CCAC #1 2001 5" x 5" x 5" resin NFS | |||
SLUGS 2002 2' x 10' x 3"-5" silk rayon, broken glass, neon $1500 | 
SLUGS, detail | ||
BUMPS WALL 2002 3" x 3", each plaster NFS | 
BUMPS WALL, detail | ||
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| Rui-xiang Zhang | |||
DREAM HOMETOWN 2001 38" x 50" cotton $2,500 | |||
EMBRACE 2002 40" x 40" x 18" reed, silk, cotton NFS | |||
ANGER 2001 42" x 30" x 28" reed, silk, bamboo $3,000 | |||
RED AND DARK BLUE 2002 32" x 88" x 32" reed, canvas $5,000 | |||
SUPPORT 2002 32" x 32" x 10" reed, silk, cotton $1,000 | |||
FIGHT 2002 28" x 32" x 10" reed, silk, cotton $800 | |||
DYNAMIC STRUGGLES 2002 dimensions dependent on installation reed, silk, cotton, nail, toothpicks, glass, bamboo $8,000 | |||
THE ONE 2001 24" x 42" x 16" reed, canvas $1,800 | |||
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