Gareth Sansom, Family trust
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Image © the artist 1989 Australia
tapestry, 275 x 366 cm 1989
Weavers: Andrea May, Hannah Rother, Jennifer Sharpe
From here to Eternity
An exhibition of tapestry works from the Victorian Tapestry
Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art
Thursday 30 October 2008 to Friday 19 December 2008
Exhibition
previously on
at
Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art
in
Adelaide precinct,
South Australia,
Australia
The exhibition From here to Eternity presents a selection of marvellous and splendidly crafted tapestry works from the Victorian Tapestry Workshop. Regarded as a world centre for one of Western civilisation's oldest and richest art forms, the Victorian Tapestry Workshop boasts an international reputation for the freshness, vitality and technical excellence of its hand-woven tapestries.
From here to Eternity features tapestries produced from major original works by leading Australian contemporary artists, including Davida Allen, Angela Brennan, Jon Cattapan, Louise Forthun, Alun Leach-Jones, Reg Mombassa, Jimmy Pike and Gareth Sansom. A feature tapestry is Martin Sharp’s iconic work ‘Eternity’.
Location
Anne & Gordon Samstag Museum of Art55 North Terrace
Adelaide Precinct
South Australia
Australia
