Vega
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Legoueix workshop.
Label signed by the artist, No. 2/4.
1967.
Member of the A.P.C.T. (Association of Painters-Cartonists of Tapestry), Wogensky is one of the many artists who devoted themselves to tapestry following Lurçat, in the immediate post-war period. Initially influenced by him, Wogensky's work (159 cartoons according to the 1989 exhibition catalog) later evolved in the 1960s towards a lyrical abstraction not always fully assumed, from cosmic-astronomical themes to decomposed and moving bird forms, towards more refined and less dense cartoons. Although he always proclaimed himself a painter, the artist's reflection on tapestry is very accomplished: "Creating a mural cartoon... is thinking in terms of a space that no longer belongs to us, by its dimensions, its scale, it is also the requirement of a broad gesture that transforms and accentuates our presence".
« Vega » belongs to Wogensky's « cosmic » vein (its title itself is proof), which runs throughout the 1960s, and of which « Cosmos » (1968, University of Strasbourg), and « Galaxy » (1970, Senate, Luxembourg Palace) will be the highlights. Shaded areas (ubiquitous) and flat areas coexist in nuanced color harmonies, in a curious, unknown world, as close to very small cells seen under a microscope as to the infinitely large.
Bibliography :
Cat. Expo. Robert Wogensky, the woven work, Aubusson, Departmental Museum of Tapestry, 1989
Cat. Expo. Robert Wogensky, Angers, Jean Lurçat Museum and Contemporary Tapestry, 1989
