Morris, Gainsborough, Turner, Riley

2021

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The full tapestry in Factum's textile workshop © Oak Taylor-Smith for Factum Arte

Grayson Perry's most recent work has been produced for the artist in collaboration with Paragon | Contemporary Editions Ltd and unveiled at Frieze London (13 - 17 October 2021). Factum Arte's textile studio in Madrid has worked with Grayson on all his tapestry works.

This complex image interlaces four identifiable artworks by Thomas Gainsborough, William Turner, William Morris and Bridget Riley. Working a bit like a random-dot stereogram, each image in turn comes to the foreground. Creating this illusion depends on the control of both tone and colour, and this was the most challenging tapestry yet - both in the design of the weave structure and the control of the colour combinations.

Detail of Grayson Perry's Morris, Gainsborough, Turner, Riley © Oak Taylor-Smith for Factum Arte

Detail of Grayson Perry's Morris, Gainsborough, Turner, Riley © Oak Taylor-Smith for Factum Arte

Detail of Grayson Perry's Morris, Gainsborough, Turner, Riley © Oak Taylor-Smith for Factum Arte

Detail of Grayson Perry's Morris, Gainsborough, Turner, Riley © Oak Taylor-Smith for Factum Arte

Detail of Grayson Perry's Morris, Gainsborough, Turner, Riley © Oak Taylor-Smith for Factum Arte

Detail of Grayson Perry's Morris, Gainsborough, Turner, Riley © Oak Taylor-Smith for Factum Arte

Detail of Grayson Perry's Morris, Gainsborough, Turner, Riley © Oak Taylor-Smith for Factum Arte


 

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