Contemporary Abstract Denim Pattern Print by Maggie Meiner

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Celtic
2025
Ed. 1/12
Photograph printed on Epson Estrada Bright Rag archival paper

Using denim jeans as a medium, I … Read more Celtic
2025
Ed. 1/12
Photograph printed on Epson Estrada Bright Rag archival paper

Using denim jeans as a medium, I deconstruct and rework them, both physically and photographically, creatina art and objects that serve as a narrative for my memories.
Using the labor intensive art of weaving and a contemporary variation of quilt making, JEANS ARE FOR SATURDAY is an ongoing examination of these memories as they relate to my Catholic uniform wearing days, grosgrain ribbons in my hair on the field hockey pitch and the tattered and shredded knees and hems of my college days in the Western mountains of the US. At one time, particularly during these phases of life, jeans were often a comfort rather than a burden. Only when youth was in the rear view mirror and middle age became inevitable did my relationship to jeans begin to shift to a space of frustration and discomfort.
The physical methods of making each piece serve as a salve in contrast to the constant work, assessment and analysis in which I found myself engaging in relation to my own changing body. Collectively, this body of work functions as a meditation on life's transience and provides me agency to control that narrative. See less