There are lots of museums. In Tournai recently we found the town to be full of museums, 8 to be precise. Let's try Musée de la Tapisserie et Le TAMAT (Tapisserie, Arts Muraux, Arts du Tissu). As Belgium is historically known for the production of tapestries we thought it may be a good call. We were not disappointed.
Le Jardin Enchanté by Jean Ransy 1982.
This huge contemporary piece was a delight and a riot of colours as tapestries usually are when they start out. Unfortunately given a long time the colours fade as in this 16 century piece below. Fascinating but does not have the visual punch of the modern piece in my view.
Les Armes D'Ardien de Croydon-Melun c16.
Another modern striking piece that caught our eye was Le Jardin de là-Bas (The garden over there). Strange title. It did seem to have 'dark' undertones, you really wondered what the storey of the piece was. It is hard to do these tapestries justice in a blog compared to being in front of them. The size, the colours and the textures are exquisite.
Le Jardin de là-Bas by José Crunelle 1990.
As the museum is also Le TAMAT there are pieces that use tapestry techniques with other more three dimensional properties. This massive piece about 3x2 metres was gorgeous. So simple yet very rich. The photograph below shows only a part of it.
Evolution by Paulette Wynants 1981.
There was a lot to see and take in not to mention the works executed in dried and treated salmon skin!
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