Artist Feature: Anne Samat
"I think the message that I try to give to everybody is to know themselves and love themselves"
In her solo Kidspace exhibition LOVE , Anne Samat adorns traditional Southeast Asian Pua Kumbu weavings with humble household goods from 99 cent stores and thrift shops to construct totemic figurative sculptures. Brightly colored and heavily detailed, each one resonates as an avatar of a family member or friend. Samat’s work is dedicated to the feeling of love – found in personal relationships, in past generations that paved the way for her, and in potential feelings that could exist among strangers. The centerpiece of the installation is new piece that Samat created specifically for MASS MoCA. The sculpture, a larger than life size figure with outstretched arms, is created to feel like one is entering a hug, and is the artist's very first self portrait.
LOVE is on view for just one more month: through Sunday, December 3, 2023.
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