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Teresa Baker — Stained Glass
Teresa Baker

Stained Glass

2020

Vivid and architecturally scaled, "Stained Glass" presents a luminous grid of color achieved through an entirely unexpected material logic. Teresa Baker builds her composition from yarn and spray paint applied directly to Astroturf, a surface that carries its own charged associations with artificial nature, public space, and the aesthetics of sport and leisure. The result is a work that pulses with the jewel-toned richness of its titular reference while remaining firmly grounded in the vernacular and the tactile. At 235 by 127 centimeters, the piece commands a wall with the authority of a devotional object, its surface texture inviting close inspection even as its chromatic intensity reads powerfully from across a room. Baker's practice is rooted in a sustained investigation of craft, materiality, and the cultural weight carried by humble or overlooked materials. By elevating Astroturf to the status of a primary support, she positions the work within ongoing conversations about hierarchy in art making, drawing connections between textile traditions, abstract painting, and the vernacular surfaces of everyday life. The yarn introduces a handmade, labor-intensive quality that sits in productive tension with the spray paint's gestural speed and its associations with street culture, further complicating any single reading of the work's origins or intentions. Signed by the artist and offered through de boer, "Stained Glass" is a strong example of Baker's mature voice and her ability to synthesize divergent material histories into a cohesive and visually compelling whole. The work is an ideal acquisition for collectors drawn to abstraction that carries conceptual rigor without sacrificing sensory pleasure, and it would hold its own in dialogue with both contemporary textile-based work and the broader canon of process-driven painting.

Medium
Yarn and spray paint on Astroturf
Overall
Signed
Yes

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Teresa Baker, Stained Glass, 2020

Vivid and architecturally scaled, "Stained Glass" presents a luminous grid of color achieved through an entirely unexpected material logic. Teresa Baker builds her composition from yarn and spray paint applied directly to Astroturf, a surface that carries its own charged associations with artificial nature, public space, and the aesthetics of sport and leisure. The result is a work that pulses with the jewel-toned richness of its titular reference while remaining firmly grounded in the vernacular and the tactile. At 235 by 127 centimeters, the piece commands a wall with the authority of a devotional object, its surface texture inviting close inspection even as its chromatic intensity reads powerfully from across a room. Baker's practice is rooted in a sustained investigation of craft, materiality, and the cultural weight carried by humble or overlooked materials. By elevating Astroturf to the status of a primary support, she positions the work within ongoing conversations about hierarchy in art making, drawing connections between textile traditions, abstract painting, and the vernacular surfaces of everyday life. The yarn introduces a handmade, labor-intensive quality that sits in productive tension with the spray paint's gestural speed and its associations with street culture, further complicating any single reading of the work's origins or intentions. Signed by the artist and offered through de boer, "Stained Glass" is a strong example of Baker's mature voice and her ability to synthesize divergent material histories into a cohesive and visually compelling whole. The work is an ideal acquisition for collectors drawn to abstraction that carries conceptual rigor without sacrificing sensory pleasure, and it would hold its own in dialogue with both contemporary textile-based work and the broader canon of process-driven painting.

Medium
Yarn and spray paint on Astroturf
Dimensions
overall: 235 x 127 cm
Year
2020
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
de boer

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