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Impression of bulb fields

Description

The colorful bulb fields that Rita Kok and her husband, Wim Kok (1938-2018), saw in the spring during their travels through the Bulb Region inspired her to create this textile artwork. It is woven from colored linen threads mounted around Perspex rods, creating a three-dimensional effect. Rita Kok created this artwork, part of the collection, in 2011, commissioned by the De Witte Zwaan Foundation. Rita Kok began weaving in the 1970s. Experimenting with different weaving techniques led her to her free textile art. Kok combines supple, natural yarns of linen, wool, and silk with more resilient materials such as Perspex, fishing line, metal wire, horsehair, and rubber. With these, she pushes the boundaries of weaving and gradually discovers which patterns she can create between the different materials. Her experimental wall hangings initially brought her great fame in Japan. She received an invitation to participate in the 16th International Arts Festival in Kyoto, where her woven artworks earned her the Jury Prize Award. Numerous exhibitions followed, both domestically and internationally.

Magrietha Lummechiena ('Rita') Cook

1939-

linen and perspex

135 x 200 cm

Impression of bulb fields

Description

The colorful bulb fields that Rita Kok and her husband, Wim Kok (1938-2018), saw in the spring during their travels through the Bulb Region inspired her to create this textile artwork. It is woven from colored linen threads mounted around Perspex rods, creating a three-dimensional effect. Rita Kok created this artwork, part of the collection, in 2011, commissioned by the De Witte Zwaan Foundation. Rita Kok began weaving in the 1970s. Experimenting with different weaving techniques led her to her free textile art. Kok combines supple, natural yarns of linen, wool, and silk with more resilient materials such as Perspex, fishing line, metal wire, horsehair, and rubber. With these, she pushes the boundaries of weaving and gradually discovers which patterns she can create between the different materials. Her experimental wall hangings initially brought her great fame in Japan. She received an invitation to participate in the 16th International Arts Festival in Kyoto, where her woven artworks earned her the Jury Prize Award. Numerous exhibitions followed, both domestically and internationally.

Magrietha Lummechiena ('Rita') Cook

1939-

linen and perspex

135 x 200 cm

GENERAL INFORMATION

Artist

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Title

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Object

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Magrietha Lummechiena ('Rita') Cook

1939-

Impression of bulb fields

2011

Textiel

WZ.T.070

TECHNICAL DATA

Technology

Size

linen and perspex

135 x 200 cm

INSCRIPTIONS

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ORIGIN
LITERATURE

Literature

Origin

Year of purchase

from artist

2012

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