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Roberto Burle MarxWW-1971-019869

1971·Wool and cotton; slit tapestry weave·275 × 317.8 cm (108 1/4 × 125 1/8 in.)

<p>Roberto Burle Marx, a modernist renowned for his landscape designs, worked in a variety of media, including textile design. The harmony of color, texture, and form in this tapestry parallels his landscapes. To unify a garden, Burle Marx paired and grouped plants of varying scales and textures to produce contrast and balance. Like the elements in a garden, the forms in this textile invite the viewer to meander through the composition and contemplate the relationships between color, texture, and form.</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1971
Medium: Wool and cotton; slit tapestry weave
Dimensions: 275 × 317.8 cm (108 1/4 × 125 1/8 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Roberto Burle Marx

Artist

Roberto Burle Marx

Landscape Architecture

Roberto Burle Marx was a Brazilian landscape architect and artist who integrated modernist design principles with the native flora and topography of Brazil. Working from the 1930s through the 1990s, he designed gardens and public landscapes that departed radically from European formal precedent, instead treating plants as sculptural and chromatic elements in compositions of bold geometric forms. His work bridged landscape design, painting, and urban planning, extending modernism into the natural environment.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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