Tag: tapestry

17 Nov

René Fumeron

René Fumeron

Currently admiring the work of René Fumeron, a French designer whose work with both Gobelin and Pinton Frères factory in Aubusson is a shining testament to the 50s and 60s.

 
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12 Nov

Venetian French Rococco Chair

Venetian French Rococco Chair

It’s easy to look back at the past and think that all other eras knew their own minds and with purist zeal were able to create entirely new work, for and of the time, without reference to their predecessors. Not so at all, which is one reason why I love scouting around the decorative arts in museums so much. Perhaps they validate my penchant for re-appropriation. Influence, or inspiration?; magical words that treat us to new ideas and open an old way to a new frame of vision.

 
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28 Apr

Connecting to internals; Whitney Biennial 2010

Connecting to internals; Whitney Biennial 2010

The drawing crawls across the wall, as the visualisation builds, the linework is slightly schizophrenic; here focusing and ruminating for a while; there lacing loosely over unknown matter. And all the while the paper accommodates as required.

 
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13 Mar

Manufacture des Gobelins

Manufacture des Gobelins

Here are some detailed views of the tapestry Cupid and Psyche, woven at Manufacture des Gobelins, Paris and hanging in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, …

 
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12 Mar

Jacob Hashimoto: Armory Show 2010

Jacob Hashimoto: Armory Show 2010

Constructed with techniques used for handcrafting kites, they are made from bamboo, natural-tone rice and silk papers. These are dipped in acrylic polymer and then strung together.

 
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14 Oct

Pomegranate: The Enduring Motif

Pomegranate: The Enduring Motif

In Greek mythology the fruit appears in the story of Persephone, stolen by Hades to the underworld. It was a symbol to the Helenic world of marriage, life and regeneration, which equally translated in medieval times to a symbol of fertility.

 
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26 Aug

Coptic fragments

Coptic fragments

The weavers who worked and stitched these cloths were Coptic, living in Egypt… and using Linen…and Wool…

 
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11 Apr

Sonia Delauney : Armory Show 2009

Sonia Delauney : Armory Show 2009

I was glad to see Sonia Delauney’s work on Pier 92. As a textile designer I am always drawn to her works, and they are very little shown in the southern hemisphere, so it was a treat to find this large tapestry hanging in a thoroughfare of the show.

 
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