Public event with French textile artist Sandrine Thiébaud Mathieu
At 4 p.m. on Thursday, 7 November, the Rothko Museum will host a public event with Sandrine Thiébaud Mathieu, a French textile artist, who will present her latest project made this autumn during her residency at the museum.
Inspired by Latvia’s unique historical and social fabric, with its distinctive, vibrant threads of different ethnic and religious groups, Thiébaud Mathieu’s residency at the Rothko Museum focused on a community-rooted project. Over nearly two weeks, she worked with pre-loved and pre-worn textiles donated by local residents, incorporating meaningful pieces with personal histories into an artwork that reflects individual and collective identity, remembrance and forgetting, shared and private history, and life today.
“I love the idea that from “a little,” we can create “a lot”; that the “discarded” or “worn” can be transformed and elevated; that “the past is also tomorrow” and that “tomorrow is already today.” I hope my work can subtly change how we view ourselves, others, and our connection to the world,” the artist says.
The event will take place in the Rothko Museum’s concert hall. Participation is free of charge and open to the public.
Sandrine Thiébaud Mathieu’s residency at the Rothko Museum is supported by the French Institute in Latvia, Air Baltic, and Fravia.
Photo: thiebaud-mathieu.com
