Caryatids

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Artist: Linda Colsh

Title: Caryatids

Attribution: Caryatids

Year: 2021

Materials: used paper coffee filters, cotton fabric, paint, thread, stiff batting

Dimensions: H8xW22xD7inches

Image Statement: The women on this double scroll represent caryatids, stone architectural supports carved in female form of the Erechtheum on the Acropolis. The two volutes replicate the form of an ionic column capital. I screenprinted images of 32 women I photographed in the streets onto paper coffee filters onto the paper-filters side of the double spiral. I save and repurpose the filters as memories of friends and conversations shared over coffee. The other side is printed with stone patterns on fabric. Drawing from the concept of caryatids as strong women, I chose the elderly women because of my interest in how experience and stamina enable people to cope with the often-overwhelming world they navigate.