Sophie Cox, Easy as ABC, thread on cotton, 410mm x 300mm, 2023
Can art change the world? Growing up, the artist, Sophie Cox, wanted to do just that. To change the world for the better. But life got in the way, and she became an artist. How to reconcile a profession so often seen as doing little for the good of the world aside from decorating wealthy people’s homes? Like a gift, craftivism came to Cox. Craftivism is the practice of using craft techniques for activist purposes. The works you see here are Cox using the aesthetics of art to raise awareness for issues that plague our world. The works themselves are not the action, the changing of the world. They instead act as the catalyst for you, the audience, to act on these issues. To change the world.
These works were exhibited at Rubicon ARI, Naarm/Mebourne in July 2023
Sophie Cox, Hot on top, linen and thread with beads, fake fur and lace, 270mm x 870mm, 2023
Installation view of Protest and Survive exhibition, left Sophie Cox, No more crosses, thread on cotton, 1060 x 1430 mm, 2022 right Forgotten women, thread on cotton, 1350mm x 1520mm, 2022