✹ Sophie Taeuber-arp
28th July 2021
Today I went to Sophie Taeuber-arp exhibition at Tate modern with my Classmate, Vittoria. I was interested in this artist because of 2 points - one she did textile design and two she has worked with abstact art that mostly involve with geometric shape. Also, her colour palate is my kind of tase as well.
‘Sophie Taeuber-Arp was one of the foremost abstract artists and designers of the 1920s and 30s. Her multidisciplinary work has enduring influence, inspiring innovative artists and designers around the world.
Taeuber-Arp’s creative output was extraordinarily diverse and at times controversial. She made embroideries and paintings, carved sculptures and edited magazines, created puppets and mysterious Dada objects. She combined traditional crafts with the vocabulary of modernist abstraction, challenging the boundaries separating art and design.
This is the first retrospective of her work ever held in the UK. It brings together her principal works from major collections in Europe and the US, most of which have never been seen in this country before.’
One thing that I picked uo from this exhibition was that, my worry towards the career in art and design industry has reduced a little bit, because before, I don’t really know what I wanted to do after graduate. Just from the fact that that I like to do so many stuff - paper work, ceramic, jewelry or even wood carving. But seeing Sophie’s work that involve with many different practices, similar to many other great artists in the history, is reassuring me in many way that ‘it’s ok not knowing what you’re doing - just do it’
I like her puppet collection so much, didn’t expect to see them like this. Also, so many skectes, unused design and ideas that didn’t made it into finished pieces. I love to see the working process like this, another reminder to record my own process to tell the story to the audience.
