Louise Bourgeois- Textiles

I have to admit that I spend most of my life waiting in anticipation for exhibitions. Normally I read about them months in advance and time seems to pass by really slowly. I am currently looking forward to the Louise Bourgeois exhibition which is to be held at the new Hauser & Wirth gallery on Saville Row in October. The thing that interested me about this particular exhibition of her work is that it is her work on textiles. Having a scout around the Internet and in books I have discovered some really amazing pieces made on cloth. The work to the left is a particular favourite of mine, and has been drawn on cloth using pencil. It almost looks as if it has been done on a stained antique cloth.



I also came across Ode a l'obli which is a book made out of fabric. On closer inspection of the image below one can see that it has been made on a section of old shirt with the button holes along the side.

Summer Exhibition at the RA

I have to admit that I was a tiny bit disappointed with this years exhibition. I have been in previous years and found it very inspiring and this time round I felt it lacked innovation. On a more positive note I could have spent hours in the architecture room, this almost redeemed the lack of interesting work everywhere else. My favourite piece was The Migration of Mel and Judith' by Thomas Hillier which was a really lovely architects model inside a lampshade (See above). I loved the use of stitching to create paths and dotted lines. The whole room made me realise how important layers and 3D forms are in my work.