Bridgette Bogle, "Anchor Arm"
$450. Plastic tablecloth, pumping bra, bedsheet, embroidery, polyfill 2021.
Price does not include shipping. Email info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist statement
I stretch, pad, sew reused materials into soft sculptures and low-relief wall hangings. These pieces are constructed from domestic textiles: old bed sheets and maternity underwear, as well as old paintings. I stitch these worn remnants together and sometimes dye or stain them with paint. The sculptures are positioned on pedestals that have been repurposed from prior household duties, like laundry baskets, in reference to the labor of the home. In these works, pillows and elastic stand in as metaphors for motherhood. These soft pieces echo the pliable shapes of the human body, while also referencing objects of household care and coziness like cushions and bedding. Pillows, like the maternal body, are associated with softness, comfort, and in overabundance, suffocation and smothering. Flexible materials suggest humanity and strength due to their elasticity. These materials stretch and accommodate while also holding things together, holding things up.
Artist bio
Bridgette Bogle was born in Roswell, New Mexico in 1977; thirty years after the space aliens crashed there and caused such a ruckus. Bogle received her MFA from the Ohio State University in painting and drawing in 2003. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally, including, Sentimental and not, Rueff Gallery, Purdue University, West Layfayette, Indiana in 2019. In 2009, her Candy Store Grid at Dayton Visual Art Center consisted of a room full of 135 small paintings inspired by consumer culture. A selection from Candy Store Grid is installed at the Dayton Children’s Medical Center. Bogle was recently awarded an Artist Opportunity Grant from the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District. She currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Art Department of Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio.
$450. Plastic tablecloth, pumping bra, bedsheet, embroidery, polyfill 2021.
Price does not include shipping. Email info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist statement
I stretch, pad, sew reused materials into soft sculptures and low-relief wall hangings. These pieces are constructed from domestic textiles: old bed sheets and maternity underwear, as well as old paintings. I stitch these worn remnants together and sometimes dye or stain them with paint. The sculptures are positioned on pedestals that have been repurposed from prior household duties, like laundry baskets, in reference to the labor of the home. In these works, pillows and elastic stand in as metaphors for motherhood. These soft pieces echo the pliable shapes of the human body, while also referencing objects of household care and coziness like cushions and bedding. Pillows, like the maternal body, are associated with softness, comfort, and in overabundance, suffocation and smothering. Flexible materials suggest humanity and strength due to their elasticity. These materials stretch and accommodate while also holding things together, holding things up.
Artist bio
Bridgette Bogle was born in Roswell, New Mexico in 1977; thirty years after the space aliens crashed there and caused such a ruckus. Bogle received her MFA from the Ohio State University in painting and drawing in 2003. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally, including, Sentimental and not, Rueff Gallery, Purdue University, West Layfayette, Indiana in 2019. In 2009, her Candy Store Grid at Dayton Visual Art Center consisted of a room full of 135 small paintings inspired by consumer culture. A selection from Candy Store Grid is installed at the Dayton Children’s Medical Center. Bogle was recently awarded an Artist Opportunity Grant from the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District. She currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Art Department of Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio.
$450. Plastic tablecloth, pumping bra, bedsheet, embroidery, polyfill 2021.
Price does not include shipping. Email info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist statement
I stretch, pad, sew reused materials into soft sculptures and low-relief wall hangings. These pieces are constructed from domestic textiles: old bed sheets and maternity underwear, as well as old paintings. I stitch these worn remnants together and sometimes dye or stain them with paint. The sculptures are positioned on pedestals that have been repurposed from prior household duties, like laundry baskets, in reference to the labor of the home. In these works, pillows and elastic stand in as metaphors for motherhood. These soft pieces echo the pliable shapes of the human body, while also referencing objects of household care and coziness like cushions and bedding. Pillows, like the maternal body, are associated with softness, comfort, and in overabundance, suffocation and smothering. Flexible materials suggest humanity and strength due to their elasticity. These materials stretch and accommodate while also holding things together, holding things up.
Artist bio
Bridgette Bogle was born in Roswell, New Mexico in 1977; thirty years after the space aliens crashed there and caused such a ruckus. Bogle received her MFA from the Ohio State University in painting and drawing in 2003. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions nationally, including, Sentimental and not, Rueff Gallery, Purdue University, West Layfayette, Indiana in 2019. In 2009, her Candy Store Grid at Dayton Visual Art Center consisted of a room full of 135 small paintings inspired by consumer culture. A selection from Candy Store Grid is installed at the Dayton Children’s Medical Center. Bogle was recently awarded an Artist Opportunity Grant from the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District. She currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Art Department of Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio.