Resilience by Paula Crown installed in New York
Paula Crown's bronze sculpture Resilience, part of the #SOLOTOGETHER series that alludes to the devastating environmental impact of single-use plastics, is on display at Rockefeller Centre, New York until May 21st 2023. The work was produced between 2019 and 2021 at Kaparos Fine Art Foundry, Greece and Factum Arte, Madrid. More on the project
Bronze Dippy replica in production
Factum Arte in collaboration with the Natural History Museum in London is excited to announce we are creating a weatherproof, bronze replica of the iconic Dippy. We are delighted to share how this new replica will look in the completed gardens. As part of the museum’s Urban Nature Project, the replica will be installed in early 2024 outside the new and refurbished museum gardens.
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New production for Farah Behbehani
Factum Arte worked with the artist to create her new body of work for her solo exhibition 'And Make Me Light!' at Athr Gallery in Jeddah (January 23 - April 15, 2023). And Make Me Light! focuses on a series of embroidered designs made by the artist, which were transformed into twelve plates that recreate the iridescent beadwork through elevated printing.
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3D object for Yugen
Factum Arte has worked with award-winning filmmaker, writer and artist Martha Fiennes for her new display of Yugen at Volte Art Projects (November 11 - December 12, 2022). Factum's 3D team collaborated with producer Peter Muggleston to generate a printable 3D file of one of the elements featured in the artwork: a spaceship, inspired by the mythological Indian vimanas.
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New production for Jan Hendrix
Four new tapestries, part of the series Burton and made in collaboration with Factum Arte, are currently part of the solo exhibition 'Atlas' organised at Casa de Cultura Citibanamex – Museo Casa Montejo in Mérida (December 6, 2022 - May 28, 2023). The Yagul series is also part of the display 'Seamus Heaney & Jan Hendrix en Yagul' at the Centro de las Artes de San Agustín (CaSa) in Oaxaca, until April 16, 2023.
New collaboration: Dia al-Azzawi
Factum Arte has been working with Iraqi artist Dia al-Azzawi to transform the drawing Mosul: Panorama of Destruction into a 10m tapestry for the exhibition 'Painting Poetry' at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford (December 15, 2022 - June 11, 2023). The qualities of al-Azzawi's penmanship were one of the features that Factum was able to rematerialise using woven threads of different tones and character. More on the project
New work for Rachid Koraïchi on display
To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the independence of Algeria, Rachid Koraïchi created and donated Le Vigilant, a large-scale bronze sculpture, to the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. The work was made by Factum Arte and Kaparos Fine Art Foundry, and was installed on November 1 at the Georges-Valbon Park in La Courneuve, France.
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New collaboration: Tschabalala Self
As part of Avant Arte's public art programme, artist Tschabalala Self collaborated with Factum Arte on the creation of her first public work, installed at Coal Drops Yard, London, on October 5, 2022. Two other works are part of the artist's solo exhibition 'Home Body' (October 6 - December 17, 2022) at Pilar Corrias Gallery, London.
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New work for Shezad Dawood installed at St. Pancras station
Shezad Dawood worked with Factum Arte to create his largest sculpture to date: HMS Alice Liddell. The 5m-wide sculpture is an elaborate, Gothic revival-inspired spaceship that plays around the station's 19th-century design. It was unveiled on September 29, 2022 at St Pancras station in London.
Weaving music into fabric: Tablas de la Luna
The Museo Reina Sofía collaborated with Factum Arte to create the weavings included in Leonor Serrano Rivas´ solo exhibition 'Natural Magic' (21 September 2022 - 27 February 2023). The audio from a music video on show was converted into a loom punched card and weaved as a tapestry, translating music into textile format. More on the process
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