Milky Way

Gabriella Polony Mountain's work includes four major themes. The first three themes are clearly recognizable as the Cosmos, Nature, and Figural works with the fourth theme encompassing history, philosophy, and culture. In her life as an artist, Polony Mountain worked with many different medium including mosaics, weavings, sculpture, stained glass, and repousse. Weaving is a technique used to make textiles by interlacing thread. This technique can be accomplished with the use of an instrument called a loom, or by hand in various methods such as knitting, crocheting, felting, braiding, or plaiting. Polony-Mountain used a combination of loom and hand weaving techniques. And like her weaving techniques, Polony-Mountain used a combination of acrylic, cotton, and wool yarns to create her vibrant textiles. The "Milky Way" is a wonderful example of Polony Mountain's depiction of the cosmos. Using biomorphic forms, circles, and curvilinear lines to create an overall view of the cosmos. The biomorphic forms which included circles within circles of varying size allude to the cellular structure of things. A winding yellow path, beginning in the lower right corner of the weaving and moving its way upward to the top left, connects the many cosmic elements. Polony Mountain uses bright and vivid colors to portray her cosmos. A lovely example of the artist's unique ability to leap from one kind of material and form to another and to shift thematic content to create art.
Milky Way
Inventory
Collection Number
17703
Building
Current Location
B2-Room 318
Floor
Lower Level/Vault
Description
Details
The weaving, "Milky Way" is a carefully poised composition of biomorphic forms, circles, curvilinear lines and bursts of colors.
Framed
No
Width
.25 inches
Height
62 inches
Length
38 inches
Donor
Donor Name
Gabriella Polony Mountain
Library Owns
Yes
Permissions
Reproduce the Work in Library publications/publicity, including film or videotape
Yes
Reproduce
Library has Photography Rights
Yes
Photograph
Permit the general public to photograph the work
Yes
Slides/Video