Feb. 18, 2012
Willem de Rooij - Solo Exhibition - Kunstverein, Munich

Willem de Rooij // Solo exhibition // Kunstverein, Munich, Germany // 19 February - 15 April 2012

The basic texture of woven fabric is produced by the repeated intersection of threads which run in two different directions. Dutch artist Willem de Rooij (*1969) has taken this structural polarity as a starting point for an investigation of abstract concepts  such as opposition, contrast, transition, and nuance. In his solo exhibition at the Kunstverein Munich, he shows a small number of monumental hand-woven tapestries. Explored in these works is a range of variations: a gradual transition from silver to gold (‘Vertigo’s Doll’, 2010) or a slow evolution from one quality of black into another (‘Black to Black’, 2011). Since 2009, these weavings have appeared in various constellations and contexts in De Rooij’s multidisciplinary production, the exhibition at the Kunstverein Munich brings together a selection of De Rooij’s weavings at a European institution for the first time.

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