Roger KEMP (after), VICTORIAN TAPESTRY WORKSHOP, Melbourne (manufacturer), Leonie BESSANT (maker), Merrill DUMBRELL (maker), Sonja HANSEN (maker), Pamela JOYCE (maker), Irja WEST (maker), Iain YOUNG (maker)
Evolving forms
1984
Medium
wool, cotton
Measurements
501.0 × 535.6 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Commissioned by The Art Foundation of Victoria with funds provided by Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Founder Benefactor, 1984
© Courtesy of the artist’s estate
Gallery location
Great Hall
Ground Level, NGV International
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Melbourne, Victoria
Inscription
woven in wool l.l.: V
Accession Number
CT184-1984
Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Physical description
Tapestry hanging executed in multi-colours with a bold abstract pattern representing a uniform configuration, based on artist Roger Kemp's 'Evolving forms' paintings 1960-1965, which the artist designed a cartoon for this work. There are 2.5 warp threads per centimetre, and eleven weft threads to the bobbin. The wool is dyed with Ciba Geigy dyes in the workshop, and the tapestry was woven using the high-warp method (i.e. tapestry grew vertically).