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SUMMARY:Tadek Beutlich: On and Off the Loom
DESCRIPTION:Explore monumental tapestries to intricate textile constructions and vivid relief prints.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn and Off the Loom offers a in-depth look at Beutlich’s remarkable career\, affirming his reputation as one of the world’s leading textile artists. \nPolish-born Beutlich\, who made Ditchling his home in the late 1960s and early 1970s\, developed a style that blurred the lines between fine art and craft. His bold\, innovative approach to materials\, combined with fearless experimentation\, allowed him to continually reinvent his artistic practice. \nAfter the Second World War he enrolled as a student of painting and drawing at the Sir John Cass Institute in London\, transferring to Camberwell School of Art and Crafts and graduating with a degree in Textiles in 1950. \nWhile still a student\, he accompanied his teacher\, weaver Barbara Sawyer (1919–1982)\, on a visit to Gospels\, the home and workshop of Ethel Mairet(1872–1952) in Ditchling. Mairet’s imaginative use of yarns had a profound influence on Beutlich’s work\, and in 1967\, following Mairet’s death\, he moved into Gospels. \nSeveral striking works created at Gospels in the late 1960s will take centre stage in this retrospective\, including Dream Revealed (1968)\, an eight-foot-tall weaving made from unspun jute\, mohair\, and horsehair\, which hasn’t been exhibited since the 1969 Lausanne Textile Biennale. \nAlso on display are examples of Beutlich’s avant-garde open-weave hangings\, incorporating materials such as charred wood\, horsehair\, and x-ray film. \nBeutlich approached printmaking with the same innovation and freedom as he did textiles\, printing without a press\, but instead by walking on his works to make impressions. Vibrant relief prints such as Pollination I (c1973) made using Lycra\, show his innovative style. \nTadek Beutlich: On and Off the Loom offers a rare opportunity to explore the ground-breaking work of a master of textiles and printmaking\, while celebrating his lasting influence on the world of craft. \n\n\n\nEvent Details
URL:https://www.textilesociety.org.uk/event/tadek-beutlich-on-and-off-the-loom
LOCATION:Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft\, Lodge Hill Lane\, Ditchling\, East Sussex\, BN6 8SP
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