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Janet Morton produces conceptually based work, using knitting and sewing in ways described as symbolic and subversive. She has created indoor and outdoor installations, including over-scaled items of clothing, 10,000 cloth leaves for trees, and ambitious collaborative works with other knitters. In 1999, for the last winter of the 20th century, the artist installed Cozy, a knitted cover for her house, over a year in the making and including hand-knit architectural details. A 2000 exhibition at the Textile Museum of Canada featured a domestic interior with furniture, lamp, telephone and Hoover covered in material from recycled sweaters. More recently, she has turned to ‘unravelling’ and throwaway objects, incorporated into installations. Morton’s work engages issues of domesticity, craft, feminism, architecture, public space and community. Janet Morton currently teaches at the University of Waterloo.
Image: Still from Road Trip,2012. Image courtesy of artist.
Contact:
Jarrett Duncan | jarrett.duncan@uleth.ca