Richard Tuttle: I Don't Know. The Weave of Textile Language

Richard Tuttle, Magnus af Petersens, Achim Borchardt-Hume, Iwona Blazwick, Chris Dercon

ISBN 10: 1849763194 / ISBN 13: 9781849763196

Published by Tate Publishing / Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2014

About this Item

Richard Tuttle: I Don't Know. The Weave of Textile Language is the catalog for his 2014 Tate / Whitechapel Exhibition. Texts by Richard Tuttle, Magnus af Petersens, Achim Borchardt-Hume, Iwona Blazwick and Chris Dercon. Focus is on textile influence andd use in Tuttle's work. 204 pages, heavy paper stock with stiff wraps. Color reproductions. 11 1/8" x 10 1/4". As new condition with very slight shelf weat to bottom cover edges. Foreign shipping will require extra postage.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Richard Tuttle: I Don't Know. The Weave of Textile Language
• Publisher: Tate Publishing / Whitechapel Gallery, London
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1849763194
• ISBN 13: 9781849763196
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

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Synopsis

I Don't Know, Or The Weave of Textile Language is a unique project by the renowned US artist Richard Tuttle. It will be the largest survey of his work ever held in the UK, which will include a major exhibition of Tuttle's career to date at the Whitechapel Gallery and a newly commissioned sculpture to be presented in Tate Modern's iconic Turbine Hall. Measuring over twelve metres in height, it will be the largest work ever created by the artist. Richard Tuttle came to prominence in the 1960s, combining sculpture, painting, poetry and drawing. He has become revered for his delicate and playful approach, often using such humble, everyday materials as cloth, paper, rope and plywood. For this project, Tuttle has taken as his starting point one of the unsung heroes of everyday life: textile. Textile is commonly associated with craft and fashion, yet woven canvas lies behind many of the world's most acclaimed works of art and textiles are of increasing interest to artists today. The exhibition investigates the importance of this material throughout history, across Tuttle's remarkable body of work and into the latest developments in his practice. A new book will be published as part of this project, drawing on Tuttle's knowledge as a longstanding collector of textiles from around the world. It will include photographs of his collection, texts about the historical, aesthetic, social and material value of textiles, images of works from the Whitechapel Gallery exhibition and documentation of the sculpture at Tate Modern.

About the Author

Achim Borchardt-Hume Lives and works in London. After having been chief curator at Whitechapel Gallery, he is currently Head of Exhibitions at Tate Modern. Magnus af Petersens is the current Chief Curator at London's Whitechapel Gallery Nick Danziger is a British photographer, film maker and travel writer who was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society in 2007. James Morris is an award winning British photographer of landscape and the built environment