Szakats’ work blends the traditional art forms of embroidery and tapestry weaving with photography, creating multifaceted, magical, and slightly eerie art pieces. Using mohair yarn, the Austrian artists, Szakats weaves and stitches every strand in a monotonous cycle to produce art that has a piece of herself in every piercing of the canvas.
Snap Dragon I, 2023. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Chloe Salgado.
Taking inspiration from her presence in the fashion industry, Szakats chose to focus her work on textiles and the history of textiles. The merging of modern with traditional highlights the historical influence on Szakats’ work, in which she hopes to tell a story through images just like traditional medieval tapestries. Making time for her own artistic satisfaction rather than trying to keep up with the rush of the fashion industry and the ever-growing demands of being a designer, Szakats’ desire to slow down and pause time is reflected in her work; which can be seen as a freeze-frame of one of life’s moments, capturing the motions and emotions of human nature.
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Words
Fey Donoghue
Portrait
Thea Soti
Photos
Gregory Copitet
November 28, 2023
