Print of 'Textural Space' by Machiko Agano

210 x 297mm (including white border)

C-type print on matt paper.

Photographic print of 'Textural Space' by Machiko Agano at Fabrica Gallery 2001.

Agano created a stunning installation by combining nylon filament, silk thread and handmade Japanese paper. A work of painstaking craftsmanship, realized with knitting techniques and 15mm thick needles, this untitled installation defied the easy categorisation of mere ‘textile art’ by exploring the 3D potentials – and the evocative powers – of light, shade and texture in a gallery space.

A net of intricate beauty suspended in mid-air was the resulting environment throughout which visitors could meander while being encouraged to touch and feel the texture they were confronted and surrounded with. Agano’s work, with its mesmerising forms, acted as a landscape reflecting nature and its wonders. Gentle and delicate yet powerful and taut, it had the power of evoking at once the resplendent Alps and the shimmering oceans, the passing clouds and the elaborate web of a skilled spider. As a membrane of suspended beauty it enveloped the visitors and induced calmness through its ethereal shapes.