An anonymous trust and a family foundationLaura and Barry Townsley CBE, The Sunley Room exhibition programme is supported by the Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation. info@dovecotstudios.com, Tapestry Studio Viewing Balcony Mon-Fri 12-3pm Sat 10am-5pmClosed 24, 25, 26 December 2020 and 1 January 2021. Registered in Scotland We also share information about your use of our site with our analytics partner, Google Analytics, who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services. . The third and fourth panels are now in the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) and the Victoria and Albert Museum (London) respectively. The imagery and design created by Ofili reflects that artists’ ongoing interest in classical mythology and contemporary ‘demigods’, together with the stories, magic and colour of the Trinidadian landscape he inhabits. The three panels together measure some 7.5m wide by 2.8m high. SC214852, Registered Office 10 Infirmary Street You can opt out of tracking at any time via our, Chris Ofili tapestry to feature as centrepiece of Weaving Magic exhibition at National Gallery, London, 'Weaving Magic' opens at The National Gallery, Chris Ofili's 'The Caged Bird's Song' on BBC Imagine. In his Afromuses series of imaginative portraits, each figure is individualised by clothing, hairstyle, jewellery, and gender. . For Ofili, painting with watercolour is a liberating way of working quickly, fluidly in series. The tapestry goes on permanent display in the Clothworkers’ Hall following this exhibition. Chris Ofili was invited by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago to design an immersive interior, including a large-scale mural, for the newly renovated restaurant Marisol. The commission necessitated close collaboration between artist and maker(s), in what Ofili has described as a ‘marriage of watercolour and weaving’. Please consult our online catalogue for further details of our holdings. Our collections comprise a magnificent contemporary tapestry designed by Chris Ofili CBE and woven by Dovecot Tapestry Studio, Edinburgh, as well as three stunning 18th-century Brussels tapestries. Dovecot Studios collaborated with artist Chris Ofili to create a hand-woven tapestry, The Caged Bird’s Song, which took two and a half years to complete.The imagery and design created by Ofili reflects that artists’ ongoing interest in classical mythology and contemporary ‘demigods’, together with the stories, magic and colour of the Trinidadian landscape he inhabits. Photograph: Stephen White/Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro, London Wool, cotton, and viscose © Chris Ofili. Photography by Stephen White. Wool, cotton and viscose © Chris Ofili. It was commissioned by The Clothworkers’ Company in 2014 as a statement of our support for our root craft and desire to protect endangered skills in textiles. Commissioned by The Clothworkers’ Company, the tapestry was unveiled at The National Gallery in London as the centrepiece to an exhibition titled Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic from April to August 2017. A wonderful counterpoint to Ofili’s magnificent design is the set of three 18th-century Cyrus tapestries that adorn our Grand Staircase. It was commissioned by The Clothworkers’ Company in 2014 as a statement of our support for our root craft and desire to protect endangered skills in textiles. We were invited to document the process and the stunning finished piece on display in the National Gallery London, before it was installed in the Clothworkers’ Hall for which it was commissioned and designed. The imagery reflects Ofili’s ongoing interest in classical mythology and the stories, magic, and colour of the Trinidadian landscape he inhabits. 'The Marriage of Mandane to Cambyses', tapestry from the Van den Borght workshop, 1771-1775 [CLC/TN/001], 'The Recognition of Cyrus by Astyages', tapestry from the Van der Borght workshop, 1771-1775 [CLC/TN/002], 'The Restoration of the Temple Treasures by Cyrus', tapestry from the Van der Borght workshop, 1771-1775 [CLC/TN/003].

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