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Continuities: 2000 Years of Abstract Art

Past exhibition
1 August - 24 October 2021
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Huari Culture, Tie Dye Tunic, Circa. 800 AD
Huari Culture, Tie Dye Tunic, Circa. 800 AD
Huari Culture, Tie Dye Tunic, Circa. 800 AD
Huari Culture, Tie Dye Tunic, Circa. 800 AD
Huari Culture, Tie Dye Tunic, Circa. 800 AD

Huari Culture 100 AD-1200 AD

Tie Dye Tunic, Circa. 800 AD
Camelid fibres
160 x 130 cm
63" x 51'1" in.
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Further images

  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Inca Culture, Inca Mantle, Circa. 1400AD
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Inca Culture, Inca Mantle, Circa. 1400AD
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 3 ) Inca Culture, Inca Mantle, Circa. 1400AD
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 4 ) Inca Culture, Inca Mantle, Circa. 1400AD
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 5 ) Inca Culture, Inca Mantle, Circa. 1400AD
These tie-dyed ceremonial clothes were worn by Wari lords of the elite and the spread to different places in the Andes, many perhaps as diplomatic gifts that fostered alliances or...
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These tie-dyed ceremonial clothes were worn by Wari lords of the elite and the spread to different places in the Andes, many perhaps as diplomatic gifts that fostered alliances or as imports treasured for their prestige. The deeply saturated red/blue/green ground is punctuated by large white and yellow tie dye modules. The irregular arrangements confer upon these cloths a sense of movement and vibrating radiance. Huari tunics with vivid tie-dyed colours have an empowering visual allure.Two very different types of high status ritual textiles were produced with the use of the discontinuous warp and weft technique during the Huari sojourn on the coast regions creating these complex tie dyes, in which case the un-dyed cloth was woven in the same based technique, and cloth woven in multiple techniques, wherein discontinuous warp and weft technique is one of several weaves in a single textile.

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Exhibitions

Continuities, 2000 Years of Femal Art in South America,Sala Brazil, London, 2023

Publications

Confluences in Art, 2019. Page. 97
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