posted 5 Sept 2018, 23:49 by Suella Postles
"Threads Through Revelation" Exhibition at Southwell Minster
| Threads Through Revelation-Jacqui ParkinsonTuesday 16 October to Friday 30 November 2018, in the Quire Aisles |
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| "Threads
Through Revelation" is a spectacular display of textile art, inspired
by the book of Revelation. It has been created by Jacqui Parkinson, a
textile artist based in Devon. Her work will be visiting cathedrals
across the country until the end of 2018, and we are lucky enough to be
one of it's hosts. |
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“Threads
Through Revelation” uses vivid silks and literally millions of stitches
to explore the Book of Revelation, one of the most vivid books in the
bible. The book of Revelation describes the extraordinary visions of
John on the island of Patmos in the first century and has inspired and
challenged many artists over the centuries.
Jacqui became
particularly drawn to the book in 2013 and for three years and three
months worked on a sequence of panels and a book, which was completed in
2016. Thought to be the largest single-artist textile exhibition in the
world, it’s on show from 16th October to 30th November and really is
one not to be missed.
David Wilkinson, The Principal, St Johns College, Durham University writes: "Jacqui
Parkinson has approached Revelation with all the seriousness of a
professional theologian but also as someone who wants to engage the text
with her passion and training in art. In working with her own art form
she brings insights to the text which sometimes reinforce, sometimes
question and sometimes push further the academic commentaries. This is a
fine piece of work and gives a distinct contribution to the scholarship
on Revelation. But more than that it engages the artist and the lay
person in an imaginative exploration of God's Word." |
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