About two years ago, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, hosted a 40-year retrospective of his work.
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Its size is very powerful.
His metal tapestries recall the golden shimmer of Klimt paintings, evokes weaving and cloth and even sculpture.
He used flattened liquor-bottle tops and "sews" them together with copper wire. His medium, introduced by Europeans, hints at the relationship between Africa and the Western world.
Wow, Sandra.
ReplyDeleteYes, I saw the ROM exhibit and loved it. Absolutely.
Thank you for posting your visits to galleries, etc. It is a lot of work to go back to those photos and think about them again, and you do it very well. Great photos.
Are you teaching yet?
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No teaching at the moment but gearing up for the France show, Tradition in Transition, in September. Also visiting Sulmona and Introdacqua (Abruzzo, Italy) to prepare for next July's teaching engagements. Also researching while in Italy for two textile trips in 2013. I will be taking one group to Verona and a second group to Umbria. View more info in PAGES under "textile trips" and "teaching schedule". As usual lots in the works!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your great comments. I love hearing from my readers.
Sandra .... ❤
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