Caitlin McCormack
Caitlin McCormack (b. 1988) is a Philadelphia-based artist who utilizes textiles to explore queerness, isolation, loss, and existential dread through an uncanny, occasionally humorous lens. Their sculptures contemplate societal reluctance to view gendered craft as art and regard crochet as a behavioral response to apocalyptic conditions. Drawing inspiration from folklore, medieval botanical imagery, institutional osteological displays, science fiction and cinematic body horror, each object is an artifact of a memory, tethered to a surface and made viewable from a distance.
McCormack has contributed works to solo and group exhibitions at Elijah Wheat Showroom, Hashimoto Contemporary, The Mütter Museum, Museum Rijswijk, The Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, The Taubman Museum of Art, The Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Feinkünst Krüger, Field Projects, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, and Future Fair in NYC.
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Caitlin McCormackEsther, 2019crocheted cotton string, glue, steel pins, velvet6.57 x 4.75 x 2 in. 16.69 x 12.06 x 5.08 cm -
Caitlin McCormackDon't Pick My Flowers II, 2019crocheted cotton string, glue, steel pins, wire, vintage fabric7.75 x 4 in. diameter 19.68 x 10.16 cm
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Caitlin McCormackDon't Pick My Flowers I, 2019crocheted cotton string, glue, steel pins, wire, vintage fabric7.75 x 4 in. diameter 19.68 x 10.16 cm
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Caitlin McCormackGranny, 2019crocheted cotton yarn tapestry40 x 28 in. 101.6 x 71.12 cm
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Caitlin McCormackOphion, 2023crocheted cotton string, glue, steel pins, and velvet on wood20 x 16 in
50.8 x 40.6 cm -
Caitlin McCormackAlive Through You II, 2019crocheted cotton string, glue, steel pins, velvet, plexiglass, antique clock case22.5 x 14.5 x 5 in. 57.15 x 36.83 x 12.7 cm
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Caitlin McCormackBackyard I, 2019crocheted cotton string, glue, steel pins, velvet, plexiglass11.25 x 11.25 x 4.5 in. 28.57 x 28.57 x 11.43 cm
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Caitlin McCormackBoy Now, 2019crocheted cotton string, glue, steel pins, velvet, antique clock case27.5 x 15.5 x 4 in. 69.85 x 39.37 x 10.16 cm
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Caitlin McCormackKindertide, 2019crocheted cotton string, glue, steel pins, velvet36 x 24 x 3.5 in. 91.44 x 60.96 x 8.89 cm
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Caitlin McCormackMilkspill, 2019crocheted cotton string, glue, steel pins, velvet, antique clock case20 x 7.5 x 4 in. 50.8 x 19.05 x 10.16 cm
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Caitlin McCormackThe Only Witness to a Vanished World, 2022crocheted cotton string, glue, foraged pigment, enamel paint, steel pins, velvet on Moleskine7 1/2 x 7 x 1 1/4 in
19.1 x 17.8 x 3.2 cm -
Caitlin McCormackWindowbox, 2024crocheted cotton string, glue, vintage wallpaper, and velvet10 1/4 x 8 in
26 x 20.3 cm
