The World Grieves

Mary-Ellen Latino

34H x 35W x 1D inches

2020

USA

ARTIST STATEMENT

In 2020, human beings have been faced with a world-wide pandemic unlike any seen over the last 100 years. The world outside our homes is no longer safe to inhabit the way we once did and a “new normal” exists. Covid-19 is a destructive force threatening life on our precious planet and creating unimaginable havoc, suffering and death. This abstract piece interprets the world grieving as a result of such human loss and suffering. The mighty forces of the world and human life are compromised as their symbiotic balance is disrupted.

“Earth has no sorrow that earth cannot heal.” – John Muir

MATERIALS

Silk broadcloth, photograph, dyes, batting, cotton, thread, scanned dyed fabrics

TECHNIQUES

Mixed media, digital photo developing, dyeing, commercial printing, machine quilting