Glenys Mann' Juxtaposed'

JUXTAPOSED...

Glenys Mann

“Combinations of disparate found fragments”

Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 1935

No matter how we, as artists, work, what remains are fragments

— remnants of paper, found objects, old postcards and other

ephemera. I gathered them together intuitively, creating works in

collage, a medium that as entirely new to me.

These works, in JUXTAPOSED... continues a journey that I

started in 2020. Along the way, I embraced many techniques

that were once unfamiliar to me: collecting worn and discarded

papers, re-purposing old books, exploring gluing and binding

methods, and experimenting with print processes such as

photographic transfers. These discoveries opened unexpected

pathways, leading to this collection of collages that find their

way into local galleries and into the hands of others.

In the end, all I really did was JUXTAPOSE these combinations

of disparate found fragments — and in doing so, I fell in love

with the quiet history held within old books, photos and

postcards.

Biography

Glenys Mann is a textile artist, teacher & events coordinator who

established Fibre Arts Australia in 2001 and now coordinates up to

six teaching conferences a year in the field. Since moving to

Traralgon in 2011 she has focused on bringing the best in the

Fibre/Textile world to the Gippsland region, beginning with a

fibre/textile conference at Gippsland Grammar and featuring five

international tutors.

Glenys has been curating and traveling exhibitions around Australia

and New Zealand for the last 15 years. In January 2021 the inaugural

international art textile biennale was opened at the East Gippsland

Art Gallery in Bairnsdale. This exhibition then travelled to

Toowoomba Regional Gallery and Barometer Gallery in Paddington

NSW.

www.fibrearts.net.au