WORKERS
Andrea Gutierrez Outsider Fair 2023 Booth D20
Andrea Gutierrez is an artist who has been working with needle, thread and beads for the past twenty years using her repetitive labors to study pattern while embracing the tradition of hand work.
In her most recent body of work, (begun in 2020), Andrea produced a small series of pieces to describe the isolation of the pandemic through imagery of single dwellings as well as the objects within.
In her next body of work adding vintage glass and metal seed beads (culled from vintage and antique clothing) to the embroideries, Andrea reveals how during the pandemic our society finally had to see “the worker”, first as a human being and then inevitably their functions also had to be recognized and acknowledged as essential to our lives whether in the midst of a pandemic or not.
Stewart Gallery has chosen the venue of the Outsider fair to introduce these two bodies of work, for the timely and poignant message.
ISOLATION
There is no insurmountable solitude.
Pablo Neruda
House III 2.25” x 2.75” cotton and silk thread
Object l 3 1/8” x 3.25” cotton and silk thread
Object ll 2 5/8” x 3 3/8” cotton and silk thread
Wood Bowl 3 3/8” x 3 1/8” cotton and silk thread
House I 2” x 2 3/8” cotton and silk thread
House II 2.25” x 2.5” cotton and silk thread
x 2.75”
House IV 2.7/8”
cotton and silk thread
WORKERS
The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.
Helen Keller
Nurses 2.75”x 6” cotton and silk thread metallic silver thread vintage glass seed beads vintage nail heads pyrite
cotton and silk thread metallic silver thread vintage glass seed and bugle beads green tigers eye antique silver leafed globes
Doctors/Surgeons 2 7/8” x 5 7/8”
Sitting Nurse 3.75” x 5 3/8” cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed
thread beads Covid Testing 3.75” x 5.25” cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed beads antique brass seed beads
Food Bank 6” x 11” cotton and silk thread silver metallic thread vintage glass seed and bugle beads
cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed beads vintage nail heads
Food Bank Worker at Car Window 3 1/8” x 6.5”
Grocery Store Checkout 2.75” x 5 3/8”” cotton and silk thread vintage
and
beads
glass seed
bugle
antique brass seed beads chyrysoprase
Short Order Cook 2.5” x 4 5/8”” cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed beads antique brass and tin seed beads sterling silver seed beads
5/8” x6.5”
Dishwasher 2
cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed and bugle beads antique brass seed beads vintage nail head pyrite
Utility Workers 2 7/8” x 6.5” cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed and bugle beads steel cut beads sterling silver seed beads
Cleaner 2.5”x 6” cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed beads morganite horn shell
Mail person In Woods 3” x 6” cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed beads horn beads
Postal Person / Post Box 2.75”x 6.5” cotton and silk thread metallic silver thread vintage glass seed and bugle beads antique black nail heads onyx
Farmer Looking Out over His Field 2 5/8”x 6” cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed and bugle beads tourmaline
Field Hand 4” x 5.25” cotton and silk thread vintage
seed and bugle beads
glass
Field Worker With Can On shoulders 3.25” x 3 3/8” cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed beads wood beads
Teacher 2 5/8” x 6.75”
cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed beads vintage bronze nail heads gold metallic thread garnets
Firemen/Women 2 5/8” x 6.75”
cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed and bugle beads grey moonstone silver metallic thread
Trucker 2.75” x 6.75” cotton and silk thread vintage glass seed and bugle beads silver metallic thread
Thesecretofchangeistofocusallofyourenergy,notonfightingthe old,butonbuildingthenew.
Socrates