Thursday 28 October 2010

⑊⑊ stitch in time

yesterday, for the first time,
I visited a prestigious address:
in search of intricate hand stitched finery:
not a suit or shirt:
but fabric works by Louise Bourgeois:
cut, re-sewn, constructed pieces
made from hoarded linens:
woven strips and stripes:
silks and voiles of muted colour:
geometric forms made soft:
spiders web or parachute:
her parents restored tapestries for a living:
a childhood surrounded in fabric:
peaux de lapins, chiffons ferrailles a vendre:
suspended ghostly forms:
incarcerated fabric made flesh:
conscious and unconscious:
two pieces linked by needle and thread:
fear of separation:
domicile and maternal links:

alas I could not photograph my favourite pieces:
buttons sewn in patterns and grids:
on vintage cottons:
they reminded me of my own childhood:
sorting and organising the coloured discs
into piles and patterns:

a superb show of later works by a brilliantly prolific artist:
she is missed already:
and yes there is a spider:

{images from Hauser + Wirth as the gallery wouldn't let me take 
any photos *sans flash*
there were too many eyes watching me watching art which made 
my viewing quite uncomfortable: 
no hand outs and an echoing space made resonant by some loud
bloke trying to sort out their pc on the desk:  
I wasn't the only one complaining!}

5 comments:

  1. If you're ever back at Saville Row way, get a peep at number 3, formerly Apple Records, and scene of the rooftop concert. Just round the corner in Heddon Street is the Ziggy phonebox. I'll get me anorak...

    http://www.5years.com/heddon2.htm

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  2. spied number 3 {knew that}:
    didn't twig Heddon St was in the same bailiwick:
    thank you Mr locations spotter ^_*

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  3. Hi! This is image is really nice! I want to use it please... can you send me your email address? Really appreciate it! :)

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    1. Its actually the Savile Row sign image...

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    2. I'm happy for you to use my image Alfredo:
      the original has been archived so maybe you can use it from here :-)

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