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"Snap Dragon V" by Maria Szakats features a striking contrast of dark and light tones within a fuzzy textile composition, presenting abstract skull-like forms. Carefully crafted from threads, the piece juxtaposes the softness of wool against the starkness of skeletal imagery, creating an eerie yet tactile experience. Szakats uses her background in fashion to explore the boundaries of material and form, reflective of contemporary commentary on value and artisanal effort. Her work questions the intersection of craft and art, emphasizing the inherent worth of time and material in artistic production. ...
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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. ...
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