This is one of my favourite images from my research, it shows Textile Field; an installation linked to the London Design Festival 2011.
The Raphael Court was built specifically to house the seven Raphael Cartoons by Italian Renaissance painter Raphael. The gallery was built specifically to house the seven Raphael Cartoons by Italian Renaissance painter Raphael. The gallery was built in 1865 when Raphael's reputation as the greatest painter of all time was at its peak.
The gallery has the quality of a church. I love the juxtaposition of this thoroughly contemporary installation in a room that celebrates the work of a Renaissance painter. Textile field takes over 240 square metres of the gallery floor with gentle undulations of soft fabric, creating an expansive textile lounge that invites visitors to spend time relaxing in front of the artworks in a mush less formal setting than usual.
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