Hellen Ascoli
Liste Art Fair Basel 2021
Hellen Ascoli and Manuel Mendoza Sanchez in collaboration with Embajada
Liste Art Fair Basel 2021
Installation view
Proyectos Ultravioleta, BaselListe Art Fair Basel 2021
Installation view
Proyectos Ultravioleta, BaselE como Ella / E as in Her 2021
Cotton woven on a back strap loom, found fabric
48 x 43.3 inE como Ella / E as in Her 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on a back strap loom, found fabric
48 x 43.3 inAs the Space Between the Land And
Sky When I Reach Out and Say “CIEN” 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, hand-sewn
23.6 × 7.9 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is reversible and modifiableAs the Space Between the Land And
Sky When I Reach Out and Say “CIEN” 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, hand-sewn
23.6 × 7.9 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is reversible and modifiableTragar a Knot in the Throat T-R-A-G-A-R Has More Throat Than Swallow 2021
Cotton woven on inkle loom, buttons, hand-sewn
33.5 × 4 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableTragar a Knot in the Throat T-R-A-G-A-R Has More Throat Than Swallow 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on inkle loom, buttons, hand-sewn
33.5 × 4 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableTragar a Knot in the Throat T-R-A-G-A-R Has More Throat Than Swallow 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on inkle loom, buttons, hand-sewn
33.5 × 4 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableTragar a Knot in the Throat T-R-A-G-A-R Has More Throat Than Swallow 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on inkle loom, buttons, hand-sewn
33.5 × 4 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableTragar a Knot in the Throat T-R-A-G-A-R Has More Throat Than Swallow 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on inkle loom, buttons, hand-sewn
33.5 × 4 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableFeel Through / Sentir a través 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric, hand-sewn
33.5 × 9.8 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is reversible and modifiableFeel Through / Sentir a través 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric, hand-sewn
33.5 × 9.8 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is reversible and modifiableFeel Through / Sentir a través 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric, hand-sewn
33.5 × 9.8 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is reversible and modifiableHear Her Heart Hear Her Heart 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
31.5 × 43.3 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableHear Her Heart Hear Her Heart 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
31.5 × 43.3 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableE as in hold, X as in shhh 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
19.7 × 15.7 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableE as in hold, X as in shhh 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
19.7 × 15.7 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableE as in hold, X as in shhh 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
19.7 × 15.7 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableE as in hold, X as in shhh 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
19.7 × 15.7 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableE as in hold, X as in shhh 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
19.7 × 15.7 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableHere / Estamos Aquí 2021
Cotton woven on inkle loom, speaker and sound in loop
Extended band:
94.5 x 1.6 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableHere / Estamos Aquí 2021
Cotton woven on inkle loom, speaker and sound in loop
Extended band:
94.5 x 1.6 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableHere / Estamos Aquí 2021
Cotton woven on inkle loom, speaker and sound in loop
Extended band:
94.5 x 1.6 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiable
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Liste Art Fair Basel 2021
Installation view
Proyectos Ultravioleta, BaselListe Art Fair Basel 2021
Installation view
Proyectos Ultravioleta, BaselE como Ella / E as in Her 2021
Cotton woven on a back strap loom, found fabric
48 x 43.3 inE como Ella / E as in Her 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on a back strap loom, found fabric
48 x 43.3 in
As the Space Between the Land And
Sky When I Reach Out and Say “CIEN” 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, hand-sewn
23.6 × 7.9 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is reversible and modifiableAs the Space Between the Land And
Sky When I Reach Out and Say “CIEN” 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, hand-sewn
23.6 × 7.9 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is reversible and modifiableTragar a Knot in the Throat T-R-A-G-A-R Has More Throat Than Swallow 2021
Cotton woven on inkle loom, buttons, hand-sewn
33.5 × 4 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableTragar a Knot in the Throat T-R-A-G-A-R Has More Throat Than Swallow 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on inkle loom, buttons, hand-sewn
33.5 × 4 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiable
Tragar a Knot in the Throat T-R-A-G-A-R Has More Throat Than Swallow 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on inkle loom, buttons, hand-sewn
33.5 × 4 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableTragar a Knot in the Throat T-R-A-G-A-R Has More Throat Than Swallow 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on inkle loom, buttons, hand-sewn
33.5 × 4 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableTragar a Knot in the Throat T-R-A-G-A-R Has More Throat Than Swallow 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on inkle loom, buttons, hand-sewn
33.5 × 4 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableFeel Through / Sentir a través 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric, hand-sewn
33.5 × 9.8 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is reversible and modifiable
Feel Through / Sentir a través 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric, hand-sewn
33.5 × 9.8 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is reversible and modifiableFeel Through / Sentir a través 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric, hand-sewn
33.5 × 9.8 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is reversible and modifiableHear Her Heart Hear Her Heart 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
31.5 × 43.3 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableHear Her Heart Hear Her Heart 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
31.5 × 43.3 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiable
E as in hold, X as in shhh 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
19.7 × 15.7 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableE as in hold, X as in shhh 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
19.7 × 15.7 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableE as in hold, X as in shhh 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
19.7 × 15.7 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableE as in hold, X as in shhh 2021
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
19.7 × 15.7 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiable
E as in hold, X as in shhh 2021
Detail
Cotton woven on backstrap loom, found fabric
19.7 × 15.7 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableHere / Estamos Aquí 2021
Cotton woven on inkle loom, speaker and sound in loop
Extended band:
94.5 x 1.6 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableHere / Estamos Aquí 2021
Cotton woven on inkle loom, speaker and sound in loop
Extended band:
94.5 x 1.6 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiableHere / Estamos Aquí 2021
Cotton woven on inkle loom, speaker and sound in loop
Extended band:
94.5 x 1.6 in
Dimensions may vary since artwork is modifiable
Hellen Ascoli’s multidisciplinary approach to art making derives from an active engagement with weaving, movement, listening, and writing, which she applies to an exploration of the political relationship between body, object, and environment. Working primarily with the backstrap loom—a tool that attaches to the body of its user and to the space in which they are working —Ascoli generates ideas and experiences that are rooted in place, and which are therefore contextual and relational. “Each weave is intimately related to the body it harnesses,” she writes. “Its warp is the width of my hips, its length mirrors my height, its designs are spaced by the threads I can hold in my hand… It carries memory through touch, a proximity sense. I choose to use materials that reveal vestiges of bodies that were once there.”