Galerie Taisei’s On-line Virtual Gallery Exhibition on WEB
Galerie Taisei Web Exhibition:
‘Le Corbusier: Tapisseries (Tapestries)’
Exhibition Period:
January 2021 to July 2021
Works Exhibited:
22 Exhibits in Total of Le Corbusier’s Tapisserie (Tapestry) Works and Related Materials
Aim of the Exhibition:
In addition to architectural works, Le Corbusier produced manifold works of art. His works of art covered not only paintings but also a wide range including such as sculptures and tapisseries (tapestries), etc. Please note that the French term ‘tapisserie’ is synonymous with the English term ‘tapestry,’ and since his principal base of work was in France, we chose to adopt this French term ‘tapisserie’ in this exhibition.
The tapisseries (tapestries) had been one of the representative forms of arts and crafts in France, which adorned and decorated the walls of châteaux (castles), churches and residences, etc. However, the tapisseries gradually became obsolete and had become a precarious state by the beginning of the twentieth century. As the tapisseries revitalization movements took place in the 1930s, Le Corbusier also cooperated with the movements. After World War II, Le Corbusier worked on the production of tapisseries in collaboration with a workshop in Aubusson in central France.
The warm, sound-absorbing woven wall hangings, i.e., tapisseries were not only rational choice for Le Corbusier’s concrete-made spaces, but also brought a unique and colorful ambience to the spaces.
Here, we would not just consider the charm of Le Corbusier’s work of tapisseries by themselves, but moreover, we would examine how the architectural space he created are affected by the incorporation of tapisseries, which Le Corbusier called ‘muralnomad’ (nomad-walls), installed in the space.
We are pleased to present to you a Galerie Taisei Web Exhibition, ‘Le Corbusier: Tapisseries (Tapestries).’ We hope that the visitor to this web exhibition will feel closer to Le Corbusier’s Tapisseries, which you may not have much opportunity to see, through the web exhibition’s uniquely provided virtual space.
