{"id":140301,"date":"2021-02-01T11:55:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T17:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/?p=140301"},"modified":"2024-09-01T08:44:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T13:44:53","slug":"nicole-havekost-felt-sculptures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/2021\/02\/nicole-havekost-felt-sculptures\/","title":{"rendered":"A Monumental Collection of Slouching Figures Considers the Effects of Aging on the Body"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-default entry-header is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"colo-post-featured-image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-8.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-8-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-8-960x720.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-8-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-8-285x214.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">All images courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group post-title is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><h1 class=\"alignfull wp-block-post-title\">A Monumental Collection of Slouching Figures Considers the Effects of Aging on the Body<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-meta is-layout-flex wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-02-01T11:55:52-06:00\">February 1, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-category wp-block-post-terms\"><a class=\"category-art\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/category\/art\/\" rel=\"tag\">Art<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/author\/gebert\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"wp-block-post-author-name__link\">Grace Ebert<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull post-share-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-outermost-social-sharing has-visible-labels has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-layout-flex wp-block-social-sharing-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color: #1c1e0d; 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Bodies are magical and glorious and gross and bewildering. Bodies are civilized and feral.&#8221; Through hand-sewn sculptures, t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he Rochester-based artist explores the ways <\/span>aging affects peoples&#8217; figures and the emotional process of adjusting to a new reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She stitches large anthropomorphic works from industrial felt, shaping bodies that are bulging and covered with knots and uneven seams that serve as a reminder of restoration. Havekost explains:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>These are the visible representations of the making and mending, repairing and refinishing, we are engaged in as human beings on a daily basis. It shows where we have been and marks where we are going. My figures show their imperfect repairs outwardly, unlike most of us who put on our best public faces. As I have aged, I have become more of a partner to my body. To have a body and accept its imperfections is a privilege and that is what I continue to explore in my work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Coupled with the varying stitches are the figures&#8217; loping movements and gestures: they lean against the wall, slouch on the floor, and stretch stiff limbs, exposing their &#8220;lived-in bodies. They are soft but hold their shape and are in poses open to nurturing and comfort though they have already given so much. They are protectors that need protection,&#8221; the artist says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-1-scaled.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-1-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-1-960x1280.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although much of Havekost&#8217;s work centers on smaller creatures, this collection is monumental in scale and a natural progression from the <a href=\"https:\/\/nikimade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doll-sized pieces<\/a> she&#8217;s made previously. The nondescript works loom within the 18-foot gallery at the <a href=\"https:\/\/new.artsmia.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minneapolis Institute of Art<\/a>, where they&#8217;re currently on view through June 26, 2021. &#8220;The idea of these figures really owning the space, of the audience having to adjust to their size and presence is what really drove the increased scale and bulk of the pieces. I owed it to the figures to let them be as big as they needed to be,&#8221; she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore Havekost&#8217;s larger body of work on <a href=\"https:\/\/nikimade.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her site<\/a>, and follow her latest projects on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nikimade\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-140305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-2-scaled.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-2-640x853.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.thisiscolossal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/havekost-2-960x1280.jpg 960w, 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Bodies are civilized and feral.&#8221; Through hand-sewn sculptures, the Rochester-based artist explores the ways aging affects peoples&#8217; figures and the emotional process of adjusting to a new reality. 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