{"id":17782,"date":"2017-05-22T15:46:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T14:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=17782"},"modified":"2017-05-22T15:46:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T14:46:35","slug":"in-photos-weaving-magic-by-chris-ofili-at-the-national-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-weaving-magic-by-chris-ofili-at-the-national-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"In photos: Weaving Magic by Chris Ofili at the National Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chris-ofili_weaving_magic-01.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic at the National Gallery, May 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love this work by the Turner Prize winning artist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Ofili\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chris Ofili<\/a> currently on show at the\u00a0National Gallery. Admission is free.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioned by the <a title=\"The Clothworkers Company website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clothworkers.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clothworkers\u2019 Company<\/a>\u00a0 (a livery company in the City of London), the large handwoven tapestry by\u00a0Ofili reflects the artist&#8217;s ongoing interest in classical mythology and the stories, magic, and colour of the Trinidadian landscape he inhabits.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chris-ofili_weaving_magic-02.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic at the National Gallery, May 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Created in collaboration with the internationally renowned <a title=\"Dovecot Tapestry Studio website\" href=\"https:\/\/dovecotstudios.com\/\">Dovecot Tapestry Studio<\/a>\u00a0and taking three years to complete, the work fills the Sunley Room at the National Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>The tapestry is a painstakingly accurate weaving of a watercolour &#8211; you have to get up to close to see that it really has been made in\u00a0cloth.<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/2017\/apr\/25\/chris-ofili-weaving-magic-review-a-totally-tropical-tapestry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guardian review here<\/a> or scroll down for more photos.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chris-ofili_weaving_magic-03.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic at the National Gallery, May 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chris-ofili_weaving_magic-04.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic at the National Gallery, May 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chris-ofili_weaving_magic-05.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic at the National Gallery, May 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chris-ofili_weaving_magic-06.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic at the National Gallery, May 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/chris-ofili_weaving_magic-07.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Ofili: Weaving Magic at the National Gallery, May 2017\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oRV09oI7FAU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h2>About the artist:<\/h2>\n<p><b>Christopher Ofili<\/b>, CBE (born 10 October 1968) is a British Turner Prize-winning painter who is best known for his paintings incorporating elephant dung. He was one of the Young British Artists. Since 2005, Ofili has been living and working in Trinidad and Tobago, where he currently resides in Port of Spain. He also lives and works in London and Brooklyn<span style=\"font-size: 13.3333px;\">. [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chris_Ofili\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8212;<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>National Gallery<\/h2>\n<p>Address:\u00a0The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgallery.org.uk\/visiting\/opening-hours\">Opening hours:<\/a><\/strong> Daily 10am\u20136pm<br \/>\nFriday 10am\u20139pm<br \/>\nThe National Gallery<br \/>\nTrafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love this work by the Turner Prize winning artist\u00a0Chris Ofili currently on show at the\u00a0National Gallery. Admission is free. 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