Archibald-winning artist Julia Gutman will unveil her largest artwork to date at The Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA).
life in the third person is not only ambitious in scale, sitting at 12 x 3 metres, but it is also a material leap for the artist, who is known for stitching together donated garments to create narrative tableaux.
This work is jacquard woven, a first for the artist, and composed on a 3-metre loom at the Textiel Lab in the Netherlands.
“Collaborating with the Textiel Lab created an entirely new way of approaching my work. Watching strands of mohair and cotton twist together into an image is honestly mystifying. The more I learn about the various processes of textile production, the more they seduce my imagination,” said Julia Gutman.
AGWA commissioned writer and art historian Tai Mitsuji to explore the significance of the work.
