Homage to Yukio Mishima
Tapestry woven by the Saint-Cyr workshop.
With its ribbon signed by the artist, n°EA1.
1972.
Important protagonist of « the New Tapestry », woven by Pierre Daquin, exhibited at the La Demeure gallery in the 70s, Jacques Brachet has, from the 50s, an innovative and experimental approach to the medium, consecrated by the creation of the mural art workshop at the International Centre for Pedagogical Studies, in Sèvres, by the staging of « tapestry in France, 1945-1985, the living tradition » at the National Higher School of Fine Arts, by the design of his tapestry-actions until today.
Brachet made a trip to Japan in 1972. His specifically textile intuitions (in dissociation from painting): invention of forms, use of new materials, natural themes, ... will find a renewed orientation there. Paradoxically, our tribute to one of the flamboyant figures with a tragic fate in post-war Japan remains, "textilely", measured: respect for 2 dimensions, classic weaving, in wool, ... The colored motifs (dominated by the red disk of the sun) contrast with the white background, like a flash of light on the sword of seppuku.
Bibliography :
Madeleine Jarry, tapestry art of the 20th century, Office du livre, 1974, ill. no. 157
Cat. Expo. Jacques Brachet, oceanic memories, Angers, Jean Lurçat Museum and contemporary tapestry, 1996
