Jacqueline Stojanović — 'Pirot Notes' Wall Textile, 2017

Pirot Notes is a hand woven tapestry created in 2017 while the artist was in residence at the Icelandic Textile Centre in Blönduós, Iceland. Named for her inaugural solo exhibition Pirot Notes in 2018, which comprised a body of work encapsulating a year-long journey made overland from Central Asia to Serbia, the tapestry depicts an abstracted array of both traditional and contemporary motifs and visual impressions made upon the research journey. The work is attentive to the preservation of traditions during contemporary times in drawing direct reference to the artist's own ancestral link to Pirot ćilim weavers and the broader tradition of carpet making in Serbia, where there are currently only six women who continue the practice of traditional carpet making

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