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9gs OUT OF FOCUS 1-9, Grethe Sørensen, handwoven cotton, 87" x 85.5" x 1.5", 2007
$45,000 |
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6gs YELLOW GREY TAPESTRY, Grethe Sørensen, linen, 44" x 55.5", 2002, $11,000
"In the Yellow – grey tapestry I have been striving to find a ballance between two sides which both are developing towards its own contrast -- the white warp dyed in a yellow color from very, very light yellow increasing into a very saturated yellow color like the color of the sun, versus the pattern on the grey and white side which starts with very bold shapes and strong contrast of dark and white in the foreground – dissolving towards the background, getting smaller and smaller in shape and less contrasting in color.
The patterned side of the work has its starting point in an early morning picture of snow on a newly ploughed field. The rising sun has melted the snow on one side of the furrows and the snow is still lying on the shadow side. Inspired by this image, I made the pattern and wove it with a color gradation from dark grey to very light grey.
I think this tapestry can be interpreted in a symbolic way -- that one can attribute various meanings to each side – the main thing is to find the balance."
--Grethe Sorenson
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5gs
BLUE TAPESTRY
Grethe Sørensen
linen
86.5" x 56"
220 x 142 cm, 2001
$14,000 |
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6gs Detail YELLOW GREY TAPESTRY |
Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Museum for Applied Art, Copenhagen, Denmark (4th Nordic Textile Triennial); Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France; Lane Municipal Gallery, Erfurt, Germany (Configura, Art in Europa); Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel (Critical Utopia: Mishan le’ Omanut); Nagoya, Japan (In Our Hands); Tournai, Belgium (International Textile Triennial); Museum of Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil (FIO II Brazil); North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks (A Scandinavian Sensibility); Maison de la Culture d’Arlon, Luxembourg; (Nordic Textile Triennials); South Jutland Museum of Art, Tønder, Denmark; Institute for Industrial Design, Warsaw, Poland; Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Ghent, Belgium; Kyoto, Japan (5th and 6th International Textile Competition); Academy of Art & Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China (From Lausanne to Beijing, International Fiber Art Biennial). |
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 5gs Detail BLUE TAPESTRY |
Statement:
Textile is the continuing theme in my life. I am fascinated by fibers and weaving techniques. Exploration of the two systems of threads - warp and weft crossing on another - is a continuous challenge. I am fascinated by constructing matter by means of thread – three-dimensional shapes or two-dimensional planes with shapes and colors - in which the material, the structure and the weaving techniques are necessary and indispensable parts of the matter. I dye most of my materials. I am fascinated by gradating colors, which I dye on the warp before the weaving, varying the colors by mixing threads of different nuances in the warp. In my tapestries I often combine these gradations with transformation or dissolving of patterns.
Grethe Sørensen |
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