This is a past event.
No, it’s not an art history exercise to bring about a revival of a medium that was most widely practiced during the Middle Ages, but it is a really interesting project with a very impressive lineup. Over the last three years, the London-based organization Banners of Persuasion commissioned thirteen contemporary artists to explore an unfamiliar medium: hand-woven tapestries. The results have a set of international art stars adapting their signature aesthetics as best possible to the new medium. So Kara Walker continues in her Gothic, gory plantation aesthetic with a massive, visually rich piece, while avaf creates a dizzying collage creature that looks inherently incompatible with tapestry.
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James Cohan Gallery
- 533 W 26th St., between Tenth and Eleventh Aves (map)
- Chelsea
- 212 714 9500
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