Textiles by Andy Warhol, Henri Matisse and
Vorticist artists are to go on show, examining the interaction of home
furnishings and high art.
Artist Textiles from Picasso to Warhol recalls a period in the 20
th
Century when art could be accessed by the general public for the first
time, through the purchasing of clothing and home furnishings.
Raoul
Dufy, one of the exhibition’s main attractions, was one of the pioneers
of producing art on textiles. Dufy first moved into textiles work when
he collaborated with French fashion designer Paul Poiret who saw art and
fashion as inseparable.
Producing
art on textiles was the first step towards democratising art,
presenting the possibility of there being a masterpiece in every home.
Andy
Warhol’s work represents this journey’s final destination. His Pop Art
movement sought to erase the divide between high art and popular art and
make art indistinct from consumer object.
Many
artists lament the commercialisation of art that Pop Art ushered in;
regardless, this development was a turning point in modern culture and
has informed all artistic movements and debates since.
Work from a disparate selection of key artistic movements feature in the exhibition including Vorticism, Fauvism and Surrealism.
The exhibition will display over 200 rare patterns by some of the biggest names in art including Dali, Matisse and Moore.
Some
pieces, such as work by Miro, Dufy and Picasso, have only recently been
discovered and have never been on public display before.
Sun God, Padraig Macmiadhachain
The
exhibition shows how artists adapted their styles to suit the medium
and conversely how working on textiles revealed brought out new facets
of their work. The pieces on display present textiles as a vital
component of modern art.
Artist Textiles from Picasso to Warhol runs from 31 January 17 May 2014 at the Fashion and Textiles Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1.
[Thu, 19 Dec 2013 | By Alex Horne]
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