Maria Szakats’ "Snap Dragon II" utilizes textile in a softly blended composition of greens and beiges, creating a gentle, tactile surface. The piece features abstract shapes resembling flowers or seeds, slightly obscured by the layered textures. The artwork's style merges craft with fine art, employing a felting technique to evoke a sense of familiarity and intrigue. Szakats draws from her fashion industry background, examining the intersection of material and value, encouraging a reevaluation of traditional perceptions in art and craft. ...
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. ...
