WHAT IS IT, ANYWAY?
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By David Burke | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:36 AM CDT |
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Tapestry is a foreign word to some, a Carole King album to others.
But it’s “a heavy handwoven reversible textile used for hangings, curtains, and upholstery and characterized by complicated pictorial designs.” (OK, we stole that from Merriam-Webster.com.)
And tapestries are what’s on display at the Figge Art Museum through January, with the work of sculptor Henry Moore’s West Dean Tapestries, called “Mother and Child.” These are re-creations of the drawing by the British sculptor.
Figge executive director Sean O’Harrow says the showing is a rarity.
“We don’t normally show tapestries. Most museums don’t,” he said. “So to see 20th century tapestries is unique as well.”
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