Untitled (T161)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Caroline Bartlett
Title
Untitled
Made in
London
Date
2000
Description
Three part wall-hanging, with two frames per part that are joined with smocking, and a hinged centre, fabric stretched across the grames, with pink, brown and black prints and stitching.
Materials and techniques
Flour paste and stitched resist, discharge printed and painted. Machine pleating. Hand stitch. Silk and cotton thread. A smocking machine has been used for the pleating.
Dimensions
Packed Length: 77cm
Packed Width: 49cm
Packed Height: 17cm
Object number
T161
Category
References
Art Textiles 2 - The second major survey of British Artists working with textiles. (2000)
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Untitled wall hanging, Caroline Bartlett, 2000, Crafts Council Collection: T161. Photo: Heini Schneebeli.
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Maker's statement
The work is part of a series which draws on ideas concerning the seductiveness of the written word and its ability to persuade and deceive, on the silencing of those who are unable to decode it, and on the links between text and textile. As a text might be unpieced and reworked, so are these pieces. The setting of this particular piece into a corner is an allusion to being sent as a child to read quietly in a corner "to be seen not heard".