Mary Bero's intimate, decorative fiber works combine embroidery techniques with painting, drawing and sculptural elements to create primitive explosions of vibrant color and emotion. Her chaotic, figurative work, which emerges from fears and dreams, is meant to provoke and intrigue. Because of their intimate scale and frantic patterning, Bero’s mostly figurative works have a way of burrowing themselves into one’s consciousness.
COLLECTIONS
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneaoplis, MN; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Madison Art Center, Madison, WI; Elvejhem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Northwestern University, Evanston, IL; Quad Graphics, Sussex, WI; Amoco; AT&T, New York, NY; Marshall Erdman and Associates, Inc., Madison, WI; Fiberarts, Asheville, NC; Rayovac Corporation, Madison, WI; Piper, Jaffray, and Hapwood, Minneapolis, MN;; Continental Illinois Bank and Trust, Chicago, IL; ZSK, Krefeld, Germany; Madeira Threads, United Kingdom;Textilforum, Hannover, Germany
HERIONE: RIVER RUNNING, Paper, Acrylic, Cotton and Silk Thread, 9 1/8 x 9 1/8"
STUFFED HEAD: KALEIDOSCOPE, Cotton, Silk and Poli-fil, 8 x 4 3/4 x 1/2"
CAGED HEART 2, Cotton, Silk, and Copper Pins, 7 1/2 x 7"
FORCE 3, Dyed Fabric, Tin, Ties and Buttons, 14 1/4 x 14 1/4"
HEART MANTRA and EYE, Cotton, Rayon and Silk, 3 3/4 x 3 3/4" each
HEAD #21: SELF PORTRAIT, Acrylic, Paper and Thread, 5 3/4 x 4 1/4"
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