Sehddings
In Sheddings, Etty Yaniv fuses acrylic paint and fragments of discarded textile into thin, pliable membranes. Each holds the shape and folds of a body that is no longer there, like a garment its wearer has stepped out of. The material pulls between weight and air: dense, sagging folds gather downward, while the frayed edges thin into near-transparency. Yaniv works the acrylic by pouring, brushing, and spreading it with a palette knife, fusing it with the found textiles into skins she then tears and layers. Each piece loosely alludes to a mythological figure: Daphne, Ariadne, Clytemnestra. The skin is what the body leaves behind as it changes form. Hung on the wall or suspended in the air, the works stand together as a group, each a female figure caught mid-transformation.
