Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, aluminum, string
Blue Flower 3
2016
cloth, aluminum, string
37 x 13 x 5 inches coth, rod 42 inches long, hanging height variable

The cotton cloth is a very pale blue-gray. It has been folded, ironed, cut, and draped over the rod. The rod pictured here is painted wood, but I am now using aluminum rods. The rod and the string are part of the piece.
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, aluminum, string
Blue Flower 3, view 2
2016
cloth, aluminum, string
37 x 13 x 5 inches coth, rod 42 inches long, hanging height variable

The cotton cloth is a very pale blue-gray. It has been folded, ironed, cut, and draped over the rod. The rod pictured here is painted wood, but I am now using aluminum rods. The rod and the string are part of the piece.

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, aluminum, string
Blue Flower 3, detail
2016
cloth, aluminum, string
37 x 13 x 5 inches coth, rod 42 inches long, hanging height variable
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, aluminum, string
Blue Flower 2
2016
cloth, aluminum, string
40 x 14 x 3 inches cloth, rod 42 inches, hanging height variable

The cotton cloth is a very pale blue-gray. It has been folded, ironed, cut, and draped over the rod. The rod and the string are part of the piece. Photo Adam Reich, Thomas Rehbein Gallery, Cologne

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, aluminum, string
Blue Flower 2
2016
cloth, aluminum, string
40 x 14 x 3 inches cloth, rod 42 inches, hanging height variable

The cotton cloth is a very pale blue-gray. It has been folded, ironed, cut, and draped over the rod. The rod and the string are part of the piece. Photo Adam Reich, Thomas Rehbein Gallery, Cologne
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, aluminum, string
Blue Flower 1
2016
cloth, aluminum, string

The cotton cloth is a very pale blue-gray. It has been folded, ironed, cut, and draped over the rod. The rod pictured here is painted wood, but I am now using aluminum rods. The rod and the string are part of the piece.

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, aluminum, string
Blue Flower 1
2016
cloth, aluminum, string

The cotton cloth is a very pale blue-gray. It has been folded, ironed, cut, and draped over the rod. The rod pictured here is painted wood, but I am now using aluminum rods. The rod and the string are part of the piece.
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Cut cloth, painted pedestals
Foreground: four works site-specific for ODETTA show with drawings by Patrick Carrara
2018
Cut cloth, painted pedestals

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Cut cloth, painted wood pedestals
Four works installed at ODETTA, Brooklyn
2018
Cut cloth, painted wood pedestals
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Cotton on painted wood pedestal
Rain (installed at ODETTA, Brooklyn
2018
Cotton on painted wood pedestal

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Cut cloth, painted wood pedestal (custom)
Rain (detail)
2917
Cut cloth, painted wood pedestal (custom)

ODETTA, Brooklyn
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Cut cloth, tossed onto painted pedestal (custom)
White Grass
2018
Cut cloth, tossed onto painted pedestal (custom)

ODETTA, Brooklyn

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Cotton cambric
Untitled (Black flower 1) Installation in "Schwarz", Thomas Rehbein Gallery, Cologne
2014
Cotton cambric
Untitled (Black flower 1) Installation in "Schwarz", Thomas Rehbein Gallery, Cologne 2014 Cotton cambric 36 x 72 inches

Two randomly cut rectangles of black cotton cambric are laid across a carefully cut 72 x 35 inch rectangle of the same material. The pieces are arranged to create subtle tension with one another and the base piece. At first encounter this presents as a uniform black void in the floor, however on close looking one perceives the slightly irregular edges of the cut pieces against the uniformity of the base piece. Exploration of the the three-dimensionality of materials commonly perceived to be two-dimensional. Engagement with the floor plane as a legitimate site rather than simply a base for work to rise from.
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Cotton cambric
Untitled (Black flower 1) Installation in "Schwarz", Thomas Rehbein Gallery, Cologne
2014
Cotton cambric
36 x 72 inches

Two randomly cut rectangles of black cotton cambric are laid across a carefully cut 72 x 35 inch rectangle of the same material. The pieces are arranged to create subtle tension with one another and the base piece. At first encounter this presents as a uniform black void in the floor, however on close looking one perceives the slightly irregular edges of the cut pieces against the uniformity of the base piece. Exploration of the the three-dimensionality of materials commonly perceived to be two-dimensional. Engagement with the floor plane as a legitimate site rather than simply a base for work to rise from.

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed
Untitled (Black flower 1) detail
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed
Untitled (Black flower 1) detail

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Cotton cambric
Black flower (small)
2015
Cotton cambric
36 x 36 inches

Larger square overlaid on top of smaller square to allow translucent edges. Barely visible narrow strip of cloth overlaid at one side to add a third layer of dimensionality. Table or floor piece.
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Ironed cloth
Black sepal
2014
Ironed cloth
2 inches high x 25 x 20

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed
Black sepal, detail
2014
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Ironed cloth
Sleep
2011
Ironed cloth
1 1/4 inches high x 31 x 23

The Blantom Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, gift of The Laurence Miller Family Collection

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed
Sleep (detail)
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Ironed cloth
Floor of the Daughter
2011
Ironed cloth
3/8 inch high x 35 x 12/14

The light strip along the center is the selvedge.

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Ironed cloth
Glove
2011
Ironed cloth
1/2 inch high x 17 x 3 3/4
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Ironed cloth
River
2010
Ironed cloth
1 inch high x 48 x 14

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed
River (detail)
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Ironed cloth
Installation in "Extended Drawing" at Tegnerforbundet, Oslo
2011
Ironed cloth
Table size 30 inches high x 48 x 62 inches

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed
Installation at Tegnerforbundet (detail)
2011
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Ironed cotton
Dark Meal House
2010
Ironed cotton
3/8 high, 18 x 16 1/2 inches

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed
Dark Meal House (detail)
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed
Dark Meal House (detail)

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed ironed cloth
Hill
2010
ironed cloth
1 inch high, 23 x 18 1/2
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Cloth
Dam
2011
Cloth
variable

Site-specific installation at St. Cecelia Convent, Brooklyn New York in "A Place To Which We Can Come" exhibition curated by Serra Sabuncuoglu. Black fabric stretched across a nun's bedroom chamber in an abandoned convent, pulled upward near the door frame and draped to block entry. Inspired by De Maria's New York Earth Room and my Catholic school experience.

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed
Dam (detail)
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Ironed cloth
Moonlight
2009
Ironed cloth
1 inch high x 36 x 22 inches

Exhibited in "InVisible: Art At the Edge Of Perception," Mass MoCA 2010

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Cloth, tea, ironing, on custom painted wood table
The Drawing Center, NY, "Apparently Invisible: Selections"
2009
Cloth, tea, ironing, on custom painted wood table
overall 30 x 60 x 80 inches
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed
Drawing Center, NY (detail)

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed
Installation in InVisible: Art At the Edge Of Perception, Mass MoCA
2010
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, dirt, ironing
Untitled
2006
cloth, dirt, ironing
1/4 inch high, 7 3/8 x 25 3/4

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, dirt, ironing
Untitled
2001
cloth, dirt, ironing
1/16 inch high, 6 1/2 x 13

LeWitt Collection, Chester, CT
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, tea, ironing
Untitled
2005
cloth, tea, ironing
1/4 inch high, 12 x 9

Collection of Agnes and William Peele, West Hartford, CT

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, tea, ironing
Untitled
2001
cloth, tea, ironing
3/8 inch high, 16 x 10
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, tea, ironing
Untitled
2003
cloth, tea, ironing
1/4 inch high, 11 1/2 x 25

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, ironing, sewn thread
Hand-sewn Line
2003
cloth, ironing, sewn thread
18 inch high, 13 1/2 x 21 1/2
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed Ironed cotton
Untitled
2008
Ironed cotton
1/8 inch high x 12 1/2 x 5 1/4

Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, tea, ironing
Untitled
2001
cloth, tea, ironing
1/16 inch high, 18 x 22
Janet Passehl Image Gallery 2_cut, folded, ironed, draped, hung, lain, tossed cloth, tea, ironing
Untitled
2003
cloth, tea, ironing
1/16 inch high, 10 x 5