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Multivalent Objects
Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith of MOS Architects, the New York-based architectural firm, have produced a triptych of prints that translate their Twice Woven Rug works (Urban Fabric, 2023) into double-pass screenprints, a conversion that speaks to the duo’s interest in multivalent objects. Realized in Rust, Sand, and Marsh, each of these single-tone prints emphasize the irregular weaving pattern of the 25cm wool strips used to construct the original textiles—the doubling of which is mimicked in the on-again, off-again overlay of semi-transparent ink—elegantly adapting the physical qualities of these iterative, three-dimensional floor works into the two-dimensional space of print—itself an inherently iterative expression.
Numbered Edition of 100 + 10 AP
Details of the 25cm wool strips used for the original Twice Woven Rugs Nos. 5 & 4.
Woven sketches.
Sketches for A Twice Woven Rug.
“Wool is handwoven into 25cm strips. These are woven again. It is twice-woven. They appear woven from a distance. They appear woven close-up. The loose weave gives its physical character, like something that was enlarged, an oversized detail of a flattened basket. Some historians think cities and buildings began with textiles. Our textile work began a few years ago, in a city. In Rome. We cut strips of paper and wove them together. We made models and drawings. We made different arrangements. We studied them. We made some small ones that we carried around with us in our notebooks. We made some larger ones that we pinned on the wall of our studio. We made some even larger, to sit on. We tried different colors. We tried patterns. We wanted it to look casual, informal. It took time.” — MM & HS, on the original works in the Twice Woven Rug series.
MOS Architects’ studio.
First pass, Marsh (7483 U).
Completed second pass, Rust (484 U).
Completed second pass, Sand (7500 U) on the drying rack.
About the Artists
MOS is a design and architecture studio led by Michael Meredith (b. 1971) and Hilary Sample (b. 1971). Working from a position of being horizontal and fuzzy, as opposed to being tall and shiny, their approach to design scales towards making smaller architecture. The are the recipients of The Architecture Award from the Academy of Arts and Letters, Fellowships at the American Academy in Rome, US Artists Award, and Emerging Voices from The Architectural League in New York. Their work is held in the collections of MoMa, Yale University Art Museum, The Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Museum of Art, Harvard Loeb Library Special Collections, and Columbia University Avery Library Rare Books. They have designed housing for artists, unconventional exhibitions, and art and design schools, as well as books, objects, and furniture. Their work has been exhibited at the MoMA, Guggenheim Bilbao, MAK Center in Los Angeles, Seoul Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China, Versailles, Venice Biennale, Milan Triennale, a83 Gallery NYC, and Storefront for Art and Architecture.
The artists. Portrait by Michael Vahrenwald.
MOS jumpsuits.