PAD London 2015

October 15, 2015

PAD London 2015

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Sculptural, painterly and vintage rugs and textiles, alongside tribal and modern art and contemporary furnishings, as seen in Berkeley Square at PAD London, 14 - 18 October 2015

: Funerary urn, terracotta, Zapotec, Mexico, 600 – 900 AD, Galerie Mermoz

: Pair of terracotta figures, Nyarit, Mexico, 100 BC – 250 AD, Galerie Mermoz

: Featherwork panel, Nazca, Peru 200 – 700 AD and terracotta figures, Colima, Mexico, 100 BC – 250 AD, Galerie Mermoz

: Finch & Co.

: Rug designed by Matti Lampen for Suomen Höyrypuusepät, Finland 1934, Modernity, Stockholm

: Kelim, Sweden, circa 1950s, Modernity, Stockholm

: Red Flowerbed, designed by Barbro Nilsson for MMF, Sweden, 1944, Modernity, Stockholm

: Carpet by Verner Panton, circa 1970s, Hamilton’s

: Carpet by Verner Panton, circa 1970s, Hamilton’s

: Hamilton’s

: Embroidery designed by Gio Ponti (detail), silk and metal thread, ALB Antiquites Antoine Broccardo

: ‘Sirens’ tapestry screen, Jean Lurçat, circa 1926, Karry Gallery

: ‘Birds and Red Ribbon’, CFA Voysey carpet cartoon (centre), 1899, H. Blairman & Sons Ltd. London

: ‘Side by Side/Low Mohair’ by Ditte Hammerstrøm and ‘Arakne’ by Gjertrud Hals, Galerie Maria Wettergren

: ‘City light 3’ jacquard weaving, Grethe Soerensen, Galerie Maria Wettergren

: ‘Time Space’ indigo hanging, Shihoko Fukamoto, Katie Jones

: Katie Jones, PAD London

: Wall hangings, Kyoko Kumai, Katie Jones

: Wall hanging, jute, Naoko Serino, Katie Jones

: ‘Time Space’ hanging (framed), Shihoko Fukamoto and ‘AirBall’, stainless steel, Kyoko Kumai, Katie Jones

Embroidery designed by Gio Ponti, silk and metal thread, ALB Antiquites Antoine Broccardo

PAD London can be found in Mayfair’s Berkeley Square 14 – 18 October 2015. Impeccably presented booths from leading international dealers successfully demonstrate how tribal and modern art, photography, sculpture, furniture, rugs and textiles can interact and co-exist to great effect.

‘Birds and Red Ribbon’, CFA Voysey carpet cartoon (centre), 1899, H. Blairman & Sons Ltd. London

Exhibitors presenting tribal art include London’s Finch & Co. and from France, Lucas Ratton and Mermoz. Three room sets at Modernity, Stockholm were founded upon mid-20th century Swedish and Finnish rugs that are the ideal complement to Scandinavian furniture from the same era. Vintage rugs also help set the mood for Hamilton’s photographic exhibition of 1970s nudes. A large silk and metal thread embroidery of a maze surrounding angels, designed by Gio Ponti, dominates the wall of ALB Antiquites Antoine Broccardo, a tapestry screen by Jean Lurçat circa 1926 sits alongside abstract painting at Karry Gallery, and a framed arts and crafts Voysey carpet cartoon hangs above a sideboard at H. Blairman & Sons Ltd.

Finch & Co., London, PAD London 2015

Contemporary textile works can be seen at Galerie Maria Wettergren where ‘City light 3’, a jacquard weaving by Grethe Soerensen appears painterly from afar, ‘Side by Side/Low Mohair’ by Ditte Hammerstrøm makes a feature of artful upholstery techniques and ‘Arakne’ by Gjertrud Hals casts delicate web-like shadows on the wall. Antique Japanese textiles are the basis for much of the indigo work by dye artist Shihoko Fukamoto, whose pieces glowed on Katie Jones’ stand; here too were glimmering metal weavings by Kyoko Kumai and an organic jute hanging by Naoko Serino.