What is tapestry?
Tapestry is a woven form of textile. It is generally heavy, and the completed work has a decorative pattern, design or realistic depiction of a portrait or real life activities. Tapestries were hung on castle walls and behind thrones as symbols of royal authority.
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ARTWORKS RELATED TO TAPESTRY
Barbara Kruger
Untitled (Flag), 2020
Tapestry
Mixed Media
GBP 750
Weiwei Ai
Cats and Dogs, 2020
Tapestry
Mixed Media
GBP 450
Eduardo Chillida
Private Listing
Tapestry
Tapestry
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Man Ray
Nocturnal,
Tapestry
Tapestry
EUR 1,500
Josef Felix Müller
Birkenwald IV, 2006
Tapestry
Tapestry
EUR 2,700
Thomas Lange
Prometheus, 1986
Tapestry
Tapestry
EUR 2,700
Sergey Bratkov
Magic Carpet, 2006
Tapestry
Tapestry
EUR 2,700
Sylvie Fleury
Gate of hell, 2017
Tapestry
Textile
EUR 6,000
Sylvie Fleury
Gate of hell, 2017
Tapestry
Textile
EUR 6,000
Sylvie Fleury
Gate of hell, 2017
Tapestry
Textile
EUR 6,000
Peter Blake
I Love You, 1983
Tapestry
Tapestry
Currently Not Available
Koen Vanmechelen
Janus, 2005
Tapestry
Tapestry
EUR 1,900
Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
Maeterlinck - reverse, 2003
Tapestry
Tapestry
Currently Not Available
Ilja Kabakov
The Flying #4, 2006
Tapestry
Tapestry
EUR 13,500
Ilja Kabakov
The Flying #3, 2006
Tapestry
Tapestry
EUR 13,500
Ilja Kabakov
The Flying #2, 2006
Tapestry
Tapestry
EUR 24,000
The Uncanny is a concept which Sigmund Freud, psychologist, described as the anxious or strange feeling some individuals experience with familiar objects. Surrealist artists, seeking to reveal the subconscious and reconcile it with reality, used artwork which combined the familiar in unexpected and odd ways.
Giclée printing is a computerized technique for reproducing artwork using a digital file and a special ink jet printer which uses acrylic, oil paints or ink. This reproduction process results in an extremely high level of color and image accuracy.
A movement and style in art that originated in Italy back in the 1960s. It combines concepts of minimalists, performance and conceptual art by making use of common or worthless materials like newspapers or stones with the hope of subverting the process of art commercialization.
