American Tapestry Biennial 13
- June 18, 2021 - September 12, 2021
- Exhibition
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- Artwork
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- Artists
On Site Exhibition
Mouth of Hell
- Wool, linen, silk weft; Cotton Seine Twine warp
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67 x 45 x 1 in
(170.18 x 114.3 x 2.54 cm)
- Don Burns
Artist statement: The Mouth of Hell is an adaption, simplification of the illuminated manuscript The Hours of Catherine of Cleves – Mouth of Hell, Final Absolution, c1440. Ancient tapestry is the basis of this tapestry. Most if not all Medieval tapestry were designed after illuminated manuscripts. All my tapestries evolve from the simplification of a drawing into flattened shapes. I am driven by color and what this means to tapestry. How one-color plays off another in wool, linen, and silk - the excitement, the tension, the movement - is the stimulus behind my work.
Handwork performed by Don Burns, Penelope Lord, and Munch Grogan.