At a more detailed level, the elements of Ann Hamilton's 'We Will Sing' installation that most enthralled me were the beautiful woollen cloaks with sumptuous satin linings, made locally, and artfully arranged in folds and drapes. The colours, the tactile fabrics and draping all provided a visual feast, into which I could read a number of different 'messages'.
Perhaps most poignantly, in them was an echo of those who might have left them... Cinderella fleeing at the stroke of midnight perhaps? Charlotte Brontë flinging off her cloak as she enters the house of a friend, ready for a cup of tea and a long and convivial chat? Or simply the ghosts of the girls and women who laboured long hours in this mill to produce the fine cloth that built our heritage....
The exhibition runs until 2 November 2025, so there's plenty of time to see it if you're relatively local.
Beautifully draped cloaks - and yes, tickling the imagination!
ReplyDeleteWhat fine cloaks...I mean fine wool, fine crafts-woman-ship, and also a fine way of displaying them all!
ReplyDeleteI love those cloaks too.
ReplyDeleteThese are such elegant images.
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