Kovats presents the passing of time through the broken surface of the sea, the elemental rhythms of the moon and the meditative qualities of weaving and drawing. As the marks get smaller and closer towards the horizon they invoke a sense of infinity, exploring how art can speak to our critical climate emergency.
The artist has been collaborating closely with Dovecot’s Master Weavers since January to create and interpret her tapestry design. Hand-woven by four weavers, the work has taken four months to complete and measures 1.5 metres square. The tapestry’s incredible depth and texture has been achieved through the gradation of tone towards the light of the horizon and by combining the properties of different yarns.
British born artist, Tania Kovats, makes drawings, sculpture, and large-scale projects that explore our experience of the natural world. Her work includes Tree, an installation for the Natural History Museum London; WELL, a drinking water fountain created for Fruitmarket; and Rivers, a large-scale sculpture at Jupiter Artland near Edinburgh. She is the University of Dundee’s Professor of Drawing and Making.
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READ MOREJoin Edinburgh based Bookbinder Cass Barron to create your own handbound needle book using remnant leather and fabric at this workshop at Dovecot Studios on 23rd November!
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READ MOREJoin SPOT for their inaugural Edinburgh Winter Market at Dovecot Studios on Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December!
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READ MOREFashion designer Alison Harm of Psychomoda returns with her third curated ReFashion Edinburgh event on Sunday 17 November at Leith Arches.
READ MOREJoin us on Tuesday 19th November for the hybrid launch of our new Royal College of Nursing exhibition to discover the fascinating history of nursing support work!
READ MOREConnections is the first collaborative exhibition by BAAT region 16 art therapists and it showing at the Out of the Blue Drill Hall from 19th to 22nd November!
READ MOREDE:Generation is an explanation of the decline and regeneration of the urban landscape with Beth Primrose Art, showing at Leith Makers from 20th November.
READ MOREDiscover the fascinating history of nursing support work and celebrate the contribution that nursing support workers continue to make today.
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