Pattern of The World, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2003
Pattern of the World 2001
In this work, Stockwell has used dressmaking patterns, pinned together and stained with tea and coffee, to create a fragile map of the world. Stockwell uses the Mercator projection, with Europe at its centre in distorted proportions, as it is regarded as a manifestation of notions of dominance and superiority that were used to justify the ruthless claiming of foreign territories during colonial times; note the sewing instructions "shorten or lengthen here". 330cm wide x 210cm high
V&A collections:
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O80231/pattern-of-the-world-drawing-stockwell-susan/
Exhibitions:
Across Boundaries at the Draiflessen Collection Germany 2018-2019
The Biggest Draw, Sheffield Millennium Galleries, 2004
Mapping the Imagination, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2003
Susan Stockwell Selected Work solo exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2001
Publications:
V&A Magazine Front Lines pattern of the World, acquired 2001
Across boundaries Catalogue, published by the Draffleseen Collection in 3 languages - selected pages
