Artwork Details
- Title
- Ancient Burial IV – Night
- Artist
- Date
- 1989
- Location
- Dimensions
- 37 1⁄8 x 90 1⁄8 in. (94.3 x 229.0 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ellen Jane and Rogers Hollingsworth
- Mediums Description
- wool on linen warp
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Abstract
- Landscape — time — night
- History — ancient
- Ceremony — funeral
- Object Number
- 2003.23A-C
Artwork Description
Making art requires looking back and looking forward while maintaining a strong presence in the current cultural world.
--Susan L. Iverson
Susan Iverson's tapestries thrive by the rules of the loom, or the structure provided by the warp and weft. In the late 1970s, she traveled to Peru to study ancient textiles and architecture. A series of tapestries, including Ancient Burial IV--Night, reflect her perception of a culture separated from her by time and distance. The resulting work pays homage to commonalities among the art forms, such as geometric abstraction, how color and light appear on surfaces, and the way the weaving process itself guides the outcome. This tapestry is not a simple reproduction of a Peruvian design. Iverson has fragmented the original source material and obscured it with shadowy figments and glints of light. These interventions question how the meaning of an artwork is altered by time, place, and an artist's intention.
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