ARTAPESTRY7
At the beginning of February, in Szombathelyi Képtár (Hungary) opened the last and final exhibition of the Artapestry7 triennial, organized by the European Tapestry Forum (ETF). It features 37 tapestries by 34 artists from 15 European countries.
It has been a great honor for me to participate in the triennial exhibitions in four countries with my tapestry "In the Gardens of Light." It is fascinating to see how differently the same work can be exhibited (read: told as if it were the same story). I have always said that space and lighting are an important part of the tapestry's "story" – it can simply be shown, but it can also be highlighted and "celebrated." In these group exhibitions, it has always been intriguing to see the big picture, the seemingly unified genre of "woven tapestry" by different authors, and yet such different styles, choice of materials and, ultimately, the message itself. The images in tapestries can only be sensed; they reveal themselves to the viewer through the unsaid, each so individual, personal, and yet inseparably shared. Some artists create abstract compositions saturated with colour fields and symbols, while others create images or information-rich works. For some artists, large formats are too small, while others experience cosmic eternity in miniature. It is important that such exhibitions are organized.
Special thanks to Anet Bursgaard and Thomas Cronenberg for their work! There were four textile artists from Latvia – Dace Grīnberga, Hele, Lija Rage, and Ieva Prāne. The exhibitions have been traveling since 2024 and have been displayed at the Deutsches Textielmuseum Krefeld (Germany), KunstCentret Silkeborg Bad (Denmark), Janinos Monkutės-Marks Museum-Gallery, Kedainiai (Lithuania) and now at the Szombathelyi Képtár Museum (Hungary).
The Exhibition 2026 Open in the Szombathely Image Gallery until March 8.