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Wondering Wheel

Cotton: screen printed, hand -dyed and vintage fabrics, silk and cotton thread, glass beads
58 x 42 x 0.5 in
(147.32 x 106.68 x 1.27 cm)
Julia Muench

Life is a dance between questions and answers, yet where is the balance between these two states? Is one trapped within a particular wheeI until they move out of it? I created Wondering Wheel during the Spring of 2020, as a reflection of the "merry -go-round" sort of existence, that I, and many of us were living in at the time, and are yet experiencing. Viewers may be drawn to this piece due to its dreamy and surreal subject matter, maybe "wondering", because of the arrangement of the colors and the spectacle of a "Ferris" wheel. Who are the people flying out of the wheel in the upper right-hand corner? Are they happy? Are they feeling free? As juxtaposition to the upheaval, I chose specific colors longing for the palette of spring, to focus on, and infuse into my own consciousness. It takes me at least 3 months to create a piece of this size, from a variety of cotton fabrics and thread. Sometimes I incorporate sewn in glass beads to enhance the design.

Subject Matter: Surreal, Abstract
Created: c. March 2021
Collections: All New and Innovative, In-Spiral-ed, Larger Pieces, Organic Forms in Nature, Vibrant Spaces: New works available

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For me, Art is illuminating, healing and necessary. Creating something unique, merging color with form, and revealing new aesthetics, is a passion of mine. My body of visual artwork is influenced by a lifelong study of world cultures, music and dance. I believe art can be a way to help someone see something, maybe take them beyond expectations, opening up new worlds of possibilities. My aim in making art, is to emerge with an outcome that moves and awakens. My concern for the Earth’s environment, starting with our oceans, reveals itself through the images in some of my work, and the sustainable materials I am incorporating into my art practice.

A viewer once said of my work…” Your art reminds people of themselves, of who they really are. They recognize the art they forgot about... They realize they do know, and can know, and that they never really lost themselves, that they are still there and it makes them happy…”

I invite you, as a unique observer, to find your own take on what you see in my work, and maybe even find your own way into creating something new.

"Wondering Wheel" 2021

Julia Muench

Leonardo, NJ

Wondering Wheel

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