Yolanda Sanchez: ALL WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS DANCE

ALL WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS DANCE
Miami Beach-based Yolanda Sánchez aspires to bring you a sense of re-enchantment, a moment of contemplation. Her work employs the centuries-old Korean textile art form of Bojagi, which speaks to us through color and light. The joyful, playful, and spiritual properties of these elements invite us to pause, take in the work, and free up our imagination. For Sánchez, we shape the world through our perceptions, awareness, and attention. It’s a central concept in her work. She believes that when we engage in an enjoyable sensory experience that provides a pause, the encounter transforms us, even if briefly. So, she aims to create a viewing experience that falls below the level of thought, opens our perception, and brings us to a sensorial present. Sánchez believes that beautiful things restore our optimism and faith in the world, which in turn encourages us to respond creatively and compassionately toward our surroundings and others.  And in the end, all we really want to do is Dance.

ABOUT BOJAGI
In Korea, Bojagi has been used in daily life and in ceremonial acts for centuries. Humble in its origins, traditional pieces, used to wrap, store and transport goods, were made of scraps of common, left-over fabric, but over time, finer and delicate fabrics were introduced by the nobility. In its traditional form, the stitching and seams create linear elements that are employed and viewed as components of the design, activated through the transparency of the fabric, and are what distinguishes Bojagi from patchwork textiles found in other traditions. Bojagi patchwork reflects patterns that are found in contemporary art. It has a modernist aesthetic similar to, for example, a painting by Mondrian, Klee or Diebenkorn, or a Frank Lloyd Wright window. In her Bojagi-inspired textile work, Sánchez is extending and interpreting the basic structure of Bojagi to a form that is contemporary, varying in medium and size, and utilizing color compositions and stitching techniques that are less anchored to traditional methods.