Alighiero Boetti, arazzi
Subtitle: borduursels : werken uit de collectie Tanya Rumpff = embroideries : works from the collection Tanya Rumpff
By: concept and organization, Hans Janssen, Tanya Rumpff ; text, Archivio Alighiero Boetti, Astrid Goubert, Giorgio Verzotti, Angela Vettese ; editing, Hans Janssen
Contributors: Haags Gemeentemuseum; Archivio Alighiero Boetti
Publisher: Gemeentemuseum Den Haag
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Den Haag]
Language: dut; eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9789080294868
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Exhibitions; Art collections; Art; Private collections; Haags Gemeentemuseum
Other titles: Borduursels :; Embroideries :; Alighiero Boetti, arazzi.; Alighiero Boetti, arazzi. English.
Description: Oiginally a member of the Arte Povera movement, Italian artist Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994) soon went his own way. From the 1970s he became famous for his whimsical, colourful embroideries which he had made in Afghanistan. The works appear to express a mysterious system featuring series of numbers, letter and word play, and maps. Thanks to a large donation of these arazzi (as they are known) from the period 1979-1993 by former gallery owner and collector Tanya Rumpff, the Gemeentemuseum now has a magnificent selection of Boetti's versatile body of work. The new acquisitions will be on display in the Projects Gallery.
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, March 23-June 30, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (page 94).

Texts in Dutch and English.