I WATCH THE ILLUSION WITH UNBEARABLE COMPASSION

50 x 60 in

Upcycled Fiber

by Pangea Kali Virga

2022

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Exhibited at MOCA (2022 and 2023), exhibited at Thousand Islands Art Center/Hand Weaving Museum (2023), published in Woven Utopia (Spring 2022), published in Cantina Press' book Exoterica (2025), and exhibited in the exhibition Portals at Oolite Arts (2025)

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I Watch The Illusion With Unbearable Compassion is the first panel of a triptych on the PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE.  Tarot, my relationship, time as a concept, poetry, the natural world, art history, folk craft, and the practice of art as meditation and medicine inspired this fiber self portrait of the present moment constructed with upcycled materials. A corresponding process book accompanies the piece with exploratory text, source images and materials,theory, and process work. This heavily embroidered tapestry is a highly personal narrative composed of universal archetypes to create general stories that can be personalized by the viewer. All materials for the piece were sourced from loved ones, peers, past works, and community members with all scraps being incorporated into new works for a zero waste result.

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