Geometrien

Geometric order systems in carpets and textiles, from tribal beginnings to 20th-century modernism.

Date
23 November–22 December 2007
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Location
Rauminhalt, Schleifmühlgasse 13, 1040 Wien; BLAZEK + GANGL, Leonhardstrasse 12, 8010 Graz

Geometric order systems in carpets and textiles

From the tribal beginnings to the modernist era of the 20th century: Frank Stella, Verner Panton and Marianne Richter alongside Berber tribal carpets, Bakuba and other Central and West African textiles, Beijing carpets and Tibetan rugs.

Part 1 — Vienna

23 November–22 December 2007
Rauminhalt, Schleifmühlgasse 13, 1040 Vienna

carpets (l-r): Verner Panton vintage rug 'Roulette', 1965, signed with two original labels / a Bejing carpet, ca 1900, with concentric squares in shades of indigo blue / an indigo blue + mauve checkerboard carpet, Beni Mguild, Middle Atlas, ca 1920/30, Morocco
carpets (l-r): a group of Shoowa velvets, Bakuba people, Congo / Tibetan checkerboard rug / Verner Panton vintage rug 'Roulette', 1965, signed with two original labels / a Bejing carpet, ca 1900, with concentric squares in shades of indigo blue.
carpets (l-r): vintage carpet 'River of Ponds', 1970, designed + signed Frank Stella / Tibetan checkerboard rug / a group of Shoowa velvets, Bakuba people, Congo.
Bejing carpet, ca 1900, with concentric squares in shades of indigo blue.
by night
(l-r): Gebhart Blazek (berber-arts), Heidrun Primas (exhibition architect), Angelika Bichler (music + good vibes), Harald Bichler (rauminhalt)

Part 2 — Graz

24 November–22 December 2007
BLAZEK + GANGL, Leonhardstrasse 12, 8010 Graz

(l-r): Gebhart Blazek (berber-arts), Udo Gangl (primitive-gangl) carpets (l-r): modernist by an unknown designer, ca 1960 / Beni Mguild, Middle Atlas, Morocco, mid 20th c / Zenaga, Jebel Siroua, Morocco, early 20th c / Zenaga saddle rug, Jebel Siroua, Morocco, 2nd quarter 20th c
carpets (l-r): vintage modernist carpet by Marianne Richter ca 1960 / modernist rug by an unknown designer ca 1960 / Beni Mguild, Middle Atlas, Morocco, mid 20th c / Zenaga, Jebel Siroua, Morocco, early 20th c
carpets (l-r): a group of ceremonial raphia dance skirts, Bakuba people, Congo / vintage modernist carpet by Marianne Richter ca 1960.
Bakuba textiles, Congo
Bakuba long skirts
by night