{"id":4150,"date":"2017-11-03T20:13:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T01:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2017-11-03T20:13:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T01:13:45","slug":"textile-exhibitions-montevideo-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=4150","title":{"rendered":"Textile Exhibitions Montevideo, 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the top floor (no lift)\u00a0 of the recently restored original Cabildo building Museo Historico Cabildo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0on the Plaza Matriz is a lovely small exhibition I’m glad I went to this morning.\u00a0 Entitled From Within – Outside and Beyond<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/em>this invitational exhibition was curated by Beatriz Schaaf of Uruguay and Germany, hence the inspired, evocative, title.\u00a0\u00a0I must confess it, I know little of felt making.\u00a0 I have seen wonderful felt here (Siv Goransson<\/a>) and in my home town Perth Western Australia, (Nancy Ballesteros<\/a>) for example; I own a couple of fabulous scarves, and sometimes buy something made in UY to take overseas as gifts.\u00a0 But I’ve never watched anyone making felt. I believe wool felts best of all because of its fibre characteristics, and I believe water plus your hands and arms are greatly involved.\u00a0 Prominent felters in Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands and Uruguay were given Uruguayan wool to work with, to which most then added other wools from their own regions, plus in many cases incorporated other fibres, papers, cloths, natural materials and metals to produce their creations for this show, a lovely idea.\u00a0 Here I present some of my favourites.<\/p>\n

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Margarete Warth, Germany,\u00a0Vessels (Recipientes) variable sizes, max length approx. 20cm<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n

To me these looked ceramic, but of course they are felt, and beautifully as-if-casually-arranged on an elegant marble mantle-piece in the grey-walled gallery.<\/p>\n

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Esther Weber, Switzerland\/Italy,\u00a0Revelation\u00a0<\/em>full (perhaps 90cm x 75cm) plus detail<\/h5>\n

I love the textures on this one,\u00a0Revelation\u00a0<\/em>by Esther Weber<\/span><\/a>, suggesting something growing and hatching or emerging from beneath the top layer… something organic and a bit disturbing perhaps, so I’m not going further down that path! (see post 3 in this series for my comments on statements and titles)\u00a0 This is a perfect example of a brief title giving freedom for the viewer to mentally explore responses with minimal direction from the artist.<\/p>\n

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Gudrun\u00a0 Bertenberger-Geyer, Austria\u00a0\u00a0Hidos humanos \/ Human nests<\/em> – silver (front) and gold (rear)\u00a0 height perhaps 1.5m each<\/h5>\n

I managed to photograph these so that they hid the security fellow sitting behind them \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 \u00a0They look so solid, like rocks or cement, but knowing they’re not, I really felt I’d like to climb in and see how nesty these feel.\u00a0 As I say, I know little of felting technique, and it surprised me that someone could make such large forms -feeling sure that this comment proves my ignorance.\u00a0 So I googled ‘3D felt shapes – how large can they go?’<\/em> and, well, I’d need to know how to crawl before walking this one, but clearly there’s a lot of interesting potential.<\/p>\n

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Claudia Fischer, Germany, collection of bowls, individually approx. 20cm diam, 15cmH<\/h5>\n

Each a bit different, with textural variations on the inside and outside, plus different edge textures (rims), these bowl forms were placed low down so you could easily see inside many of them, too.<\/p>\n


\n\"\"<\/a>Christine Rummel, Germany,\u00a0 selected textural pieces.<\/h5>\n

Christine Rummel<\/strong> of Germany provided a large installation of panels of textures and a table to which were attached several little pieces people could touch and fiddle with, always a wonderful experience for viewers of all ages.\u00a0 Textiles and fabrics are such an important part of our lives from our arrival in the world to our departure, and we expect to be able to touch them, but so often cannot.\u00a0 (refer to the right hand panel of the top photo)\u00a0 I just loved the grey and cream texture in the upper right of the panel, with little lips or protuberances of 0.25-0.4cm filled with something darker grey.\u00a0 In the lower panel, very, very fine forms suggest something almost papery, like wasps’ nests or something very organic, and quite fascinating.\u00a0 No, I didn’t touch them, but was very tempted.<\/p>\n

As I write this, I realise this exhibition in particular has been very inspiring to me personally, and for that I send my thanks to ALL the exhibitors, including even those whose work I haven’t commented on.\u00a0 Felting is very organic, somehow very ‘environmental’, and I will not forget this exhibition.\u00a0 \u00a0But there were a couple of negatives – the signage was tiny, often poorly lit and positioned way down close to the floor.\u00a0 Good grief organisers, think a bit more carefully about making it easier for all<\/em> people to access the relevant information – use larger signage, placed close to works at heights that don’t require visitors to almost kneel on the floor. (In another museum today, Museo Andes<\/span><\/a>\u00a0it was exactly the opposite)\u00a0 And, further, I was stunned to find when I got home and consulted the biennial catalogue, that not only were not all images of pieces in this show included in the catalogue, but none were attributed at all<\/em> – how very disappointing for everyone involved, and unprofessional to say the least.\u00a0 I could not have written what I have if I had not taken photos at every point in this lovely exhibition.<\/p>\n

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