Artist: Merill Comeau
Title: Fond Memories of Good Company
Attribution: Fond Memories of Good Company, 2023, Merill Comeau
Year: 2023
Materials: repurposed domestic textiles, thread, ink
Dimensions: 102h x 78w
Image Statement: Snippets of textiles saved from my dining room and kitchen evidence an active life of cooking and eating with others. My kitchen implements and tableware are rendered in embroidered outlines and surrounded by thread tick marks calling attention to the frequency of their use and memories of past shared meals. Large stenciled patterns inspired by handed-down china reference the traditionally female art of china painting — an accepted female employable skill during a historical period of limited for women's enfranchisement.