![]() But (the workers) were so challenged by making these pieces.” “Also, it was hard for me to work with the factories, because they are sweat shops, and I had some moral problems with that. “I found it really rough over there, it was very difficult and scary,” says McBride, a CalArts graduate who is now based in New York, referring to the political turmoil and large earthquake that rocked the Philippines during her visit this past summer. “Īlthough McBride’s show at Margo Leavin is her first solo gallery show in the United States, the works came out of a rather large undertaking: their making involved a two-month trip to the Philippines for McBride, and the help of an entire rattan factory in Manila to carry out her painstakingly detailed plans. So I thought, ‘I wonder what you can make out of it?’ and the answer was anything. ![]() I don’t think anybody’s ever worked in rattan before. So I wanted to see what I could do to transcend that. “It’s always been used for handicrafts, but nobody uses it for sculpture. ![]() It has kind of a trendy, ‘60s connotation-everybody has it in their home,” says the spunky McBride, 30. “In some ways, rattan is very cheap and inelegant. “I work in all different materials, but I think each means something and has its own specific codes,” says sculptor Rita McBride, who has three large pieces made of her latest material, rattan, on view at Margo Leavin Gallery on North Hilldale Avenue, through Dec.
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