Vital
Vital
Galen Gibson-Cornell
Vital
76” x 51”
Found street-posters from Berlin, NYC, Plovdiv, Monotype on paper, sliced and woven
2023
Galen Gibson-Cornell’s Vital pulses with energy, drawing on the fragmented textures of found street posters from Berlin, New York City, Plovdiv, and monotypes on paper. The piece weaves together layers of urban imagery, each piece a remnant of the city’s dynamic visual language, while the weaving process transforms the posters into a complex, tactile surface. Vital captures the rhythm of the streets, with a sense of life and movement inherent in its woven form. The interplay of color, text, and imagery evokes the constant flux of urban environments, creating a powerful representation of the vitality that courses through the fabric of city life.