Presenting the Carré series from our Textile Maker, Margo Selby.
The Carré series, begun in 2022, is Margo’s ode to the square – the primary woven form. An infinite number of variations can be found as the compositions oscillate between dynamism and symmetry. The panels are abstract colour studies of full chroma and desaturation. The modular pattern of intersecting orthogonals recalls the iconography of modernism. Each composition is designed with extreme precision, each thread counted and placed.
Carré Series 6
Margo studied at Chelsea College of Art & Design and the Royal College of Art in London, and at Atelier National d’Art in Paris. She established her eponymous textiles company in London in 2003, and moved to Whitstable on the north Kent coast in 2012. Margo’s tenet is ‘Art Into Industry’ – alongside her art practice, she oversees the design work of her studio for industrial production, collaborating frequently with textiles manufacturers, artisan makers and interior designers; the loom is at the heart of everything.
In 2021 Margo was awarded the prestigious bi-annual Turner Medal for Britain’s Greatest Colourist. Margo was the recipient of the Collect Open Award in 2020
Carré Series 7
Margo’s works are painterly, in regard to the optical mixing of pure colour – and sculptural, in the physicality of woven thread as a mode of construction. As yarn, the colours are integral, rather than applied to a surface. The woven textile is taken from the loom, stretched, framed and generally wall-mounted; the works are intended to operate as visual objects rather than pictures or decoration. Formal aesthetics are paramount, and in constant intersection – colour, shape, orientation, rhythm – a rumination on the visual.
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