99 Cent Love, 2018, Jacquard tapestry, wool, cotton, viscose & synthetic threads, 250.5 x 170 cm, Kang Contemporary
Annette Cords
Annette Cords was born in Northern Germany, raised in Hamburg and the West Coast of the Unites States, and currently lives and works between New York and Hamburg. She received her MFA in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania. Since then, her practice has evolved to span installation, sculpture, and textiles. For over sixteen years, she has focused on Jacquard and hand-weaving, particularly their material and cultural aspects, and made connections to other disciplines. For Cords, weaving is a multifaceted and nuanced language that intersects and augments developments in writing, painting, and abstraction.
Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include Kunsthalle Dessau (Dessau, Germany) Yeh Art Gallery, St. John’s University (NYC, USA), Raft of Sanity (Buffalo, USA), PS122 Gallery (NYC, USA), InLiquid Gallery (Philadelphia, USA), Project:ARTspace (NYC, USA), Kang Contemporary (Berlin, Germany), New York Public Library (NYC, USA), Jenaer Kunstverein and Villa Rosenthal (Jena, Germany). Her work has appeared in group shows at venues including the Queens Museum, The Drawing Center, Flux Factory, Kentler International Drawing Space, MASS MoCA, Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles. Cords has been the recipient of numerous grants and residencies, including New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship (2003), Robert Rauschenberg Fellowship (2010), Open Sessions Residency, Drawing Center (2014), Projektförderungen vom Landeskulturverband Schleswig-Holstein (2020) and ArsVersa Kunst-Stiftung (2021), Neustart Kultur Stipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds and Innovative Kunstprojekte, BBK (2022).
SELECTED WORKS
In Other Words, 2022, Jacquard tapestry, wool, cotton, mohair, viscose, metallic & threads 178 x 174 cm
Let’s Escape II (You Reject Less / I Want More), 2022, Jacquard tapestry, wool, cotton, viscose, metallic & synthetic threads 194 x 176 cm
Big Revival, 2019, Jacquard tapestry, wool, cotton, metallic & synthetic threads, 167 x 173 cm, Kang Contemporary
Always/Never, 2023
Jacquard tapestry, wool & cotton
170 x 173 cm
James Madison (blue & red), 2018, Hand-woven textile, wool & cotton, on archival inkjet printed background, Weaving: 51 x 46 cm, Background: 106.5 x 106.5 cm, Kang Contemporary
Let Them Paint, 2018, Jacquard tapestry, wool, viscose, metallic & synthetic threads, 245.5 x 170 cm, Kang Contemporary
In Between 3, 2020
Hand-woven Jacquard tapestry, wool & cotton
117 x 103 cm
Sprach/spiel at Galerie im Marstall Ahrensburg
Sprach/Spiel, Annette Cords
Sprach/Spiel, Annette Cords
Sprach/Spiel, Annette Cords
1014 Fifth Avenue, New york
1014 Fifth Avenue, Annette Cords
1014 Fifth Avenue, Annette Cords
1014 Fifth Avenue, Annette Cords
Installations
Annette Cords, Take me with you L, Kang Contemporary
Annette Cords, Sideways 3, Kang Contemporary
works on canvas / paper
Annette Cords, There Is No Shortcut to Nirvana, Kang Contemporary
Annette Cords, Time Moves Both Ways (Two), Kang Contemporary
Annette Cords, Time Moves Both Ways (One), Kang Contemporary
Annette Cords, Little Wings, Kang Contemporary
All Letters in one Place (7), 2020
Gouache & pen on paper
40,5 x 28 cm
All Letters in one Place (15), 2021
Gouache & pen on paper
40,5 x 28 cm
Tapestries
Annette Cords, Combined Operations, Kang Contemporary
Annette Cords, Your Eye Is My Mirror, Kang Contemporary
Annette Cords, Crosstalk, Kang Contemporary