Weaving The Century
dal 12/7/2012 al 6/10/2012
Segnalato da
David Hockney
Paul Gauguin
Elizabeth Blackadder
Sir Peter Blake
Edward Wadsworth
Cecil Beaton
Graham Sutherland
Eduardo Paolozzi
Louise Nevelson
Claire Barclay
12/7/2012
Weaving The Century
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
Tapestry from Dovecot Studios 1912-2012. The exhibition features over 60 tapestries, rugs and rarely seen works on loan from major museums and private collections in America and Britain. From 4 to 15 August Alexander McCall Smith and composer Tom Cunningham celebrate a century of vibrant and colourful Dovecot tapestries in the world premiere.
curated by Elizabeth Cumming
This is the first major Dovecot tapestry exhibition to be presented in Scotland for over thirty years. Curated by art historian Dr Elizabeth Cumming and presented across all three of Dovecot’s public gallery spaces. The exhibition features over 60 tapestries, rugs and rarely seen works on loan from major museums and private collections in America and Britain.
In the one hundred years since it was established Dovecot weavers have built a reputation of collaborated with leading international modern and contemporary artists, a tradition which continues today. Weaving The Century: Tapestry from Dovecot Studios 1912-2012 will bring together work from many of these artists including: David Hockney, Paul Gauguin, Elizabeth Blackadder, Sir Peter Blake, Edward Wadsworth, Cecil Beaton, Graham Sutherland, Eduardo Paolozzi, Louise Nevelson and Claire Barclay.
The works in the exhibition show the broad range of artistic and technical weaving styles that has firmly established Dovecot’s reputation as a centre for excellence and innovation offering the definitive account of one of the world’s most innovative centres of textile-art production.
Tapestry: Weaving the Century at Dovecot Studios 1912 – 2012
20 October 2012 to 16 December 2012
Compton Verney – Warwickshire
http://www.comptonverney.org.uk/
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A Tapestry of Many Threads. World Premiere
04.08.12 - 15.08.12
‘McCall Smith’s succinct libretto is spun by composer Tom Cunningham into gorgeous tuneful melodies that linger’
Scotsman ***** (on The Okavango Macbeth)
Alexander McCall Smith and composer Tom Cunningham celebrate a century of vibrant and colourful Dovecot tapestries in the world premiere of this dramatised production featuring some of Scotland’s most exciting young singers and musicians. Performed on the Dovecot weaving floor, alongside the looms on which the tapestries are created, audiences will be taken on an atmospheric and often poignant journey inspired by the Studios’ world-famous tapestries via songs, music and the spoken word.
Alexander McCall Smith and Tom Cunningham have previously collaborated on The Okavango Macbeth, a chamber opera which opened in Botswana in 2009 receiving its European premiere at Dovecot later that year.
A recording of the piece will be released on Delphian Records to coincide with the performance.
Written by Alexander McCall Smith
Composed by Tom Cunningham
Directed by Mark Hathaway
Featuring Beth Mackay mezzo-soprano, Andrew McTaggart baritone,Stuart Hope piano and Jacqueline Norrie violin
Booking Information:
Venue 198
4 – 15 August 2012 (not 8 & 9)
Aug 4, 11 19:30 (1hr) £16.00 (£15.00)
Aug 5-7, 10, 12-15 18:30 (1hr) £15.00 (£14.00)
Book online at www.edfringe.com
Dovecot Studios
10 Infirmary Street - Edinburgh
Opening Hours:
Monday to Saturday, 10.30am to 5.30pm
Special Festival Opening Hours
2 August – 2 September
Monday to Sunday, 10.30am to 6.00pm