Back to Front

Back to Front  ~  Goshka Macuga

Goshka’s design is from a scan of the threads of the back of one of her large-scale tapestries. Playing off the idea of tapestry as wall-covering this design subverts the form and shows us the weave from the back rather than the front. Historically the front of a tapestry is an illusionary device like a painting, but what she shows us here are the hidden workings, the threads and knots, the mechanics. She shows us how an artwork is all tied together.

Samples are A4 size and measure 21 x 30 cm. They come folded in half.