Monastery On The Moon, 2024
Handwoven tapestry, wool, acrylic box
From the exhibition "Hagiografia" at Lehmann gallery
"Monastery on the Moon” is a series of three tapestries showing the same scene from different perspectives, almost like stills from a film. Two out of the three pieces are in 16:9— the widescreen format of contemporary screens—while the third is a 4:3, a screen format common until the early 2000s. Fusing past and future, they depict a monastery, reminiscent of late European medieval architecture, perched alone on the moon and gazing at a distant blue Earth. Presented in acrylic cases, the tapestries look like preserved relics; yet, with threads messily dangling from their backs, they esemble tangled wires behind an LED screen." - excerpt from the exhibition text.
