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Sarah Browne, detail from the series “Hand to Mouth,” 2014.
"CCA and IMA are pleased to present a solo exhibition by Dublin-based artist Sarah Browne. Her ongoing research into informal and subsistence economies forms the basis of this new body of work, Hand to Mouth. With a particular sensitivity to the historical relationship between the production of perishable textiles and invisible digital code, Browne’s point of departure is a series of iconic images of early 20th-century women from the Shetland Islands, knitting as they walk, carrying baskets of turf on their backs. These photographs are an unexpected antecedent to contemporary images of the multitasking, precarious labourer: hands knitting are now typically replaced by fingers typing or swiping touchscreens of mobile devices; surplus time is ruthlessly exploited, mentally and physically."
Sarah Browne - Hand to Mouth
Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland
March 29–May 24, 2014
http://cca-derry-londonderry.org/
Institute of Modern Art (IMA), Brisbane, Australia
October 11–November 29, 2014
