"Eagles Spinning II" by Maria Szakats features soft, blended hues of blue and green, with a dynamic abstract form resembling an eagle in flight. The textile medium gives the piece a tactile, almost ethereal quality, emphasizing fluidity and motion. The style is a fusion of abstraction and realism, using textile techniques to blur lines between craft and fine art. The work reflects Szakats's exploration of the interplay between image and material, rooted in her background in fashion and her transition to addressing broader artistic values. ...
Born in Romania in 1984, Maria Szakats is an Austrian artist who graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and now lives and works in Paris.
Working mainly with textiles and using a wide range of techniques, she produces works combining textiles and installation, and attempts to create a tension between craft, image and material. After fifteen years' experience as a stylist in the fashion industry, Maria Szakats decided in 2021 to refocus her work on purely artistic considerations, developing a practice that questions notions of value in terms of production time, value, use and material. ...
