Custom Hand knotted Rug, after Sophie Taeuber-Arp “Rising Falling Flying”. Wool

Material: fine New Zealand wool, with further options upon request.

Quality: Hand knotted, 100 knots per square inch.
Over 720 000 handmade knots required to create this custom rug.

Rug size (listed here): 188 x 240 cm / 6.2 x 7.9 ft

Numbered limited edition of maximum 100 fine handmade rugs with this art piece. Each rug comes with a sewn-on label with an image of the artist’s signature and numbered by hand, per order.

Colors: 5 custom-dyed colors. Main colors in the rug: cream white, goldenrod yellow, black, medium blue and royal blue.

Sustainable and certified fair-trade artisanal production. Label Step fair-trade partners.

This beautiful rug can also be ordered in even more luxurious materials like pure silk or mohair, as well as in plant-based materials like Tencel and linen and also in the hand tufted technique. A combination of materials is possible as well. Production time may increase for these options, depending on material availability.

Production time for this rug is between is approximately 8-10 weeks. For environmental reasons and to provide our full bespoke service, our rugs are always made to order.

— About the artwork on which this rug is based:

The painting Équilibre – Surgissant, tombant, adhérent, volant (or Rising Falling Flying in English) is one of Taeuber-Arp’s most celebrated works.
This painting was created in 1934 and is composed of different shapes and colors placed together in a highly calculated way to create a sense of balance and vibrant energy.

This is a masterpiece of geometric abstraction that is comprised of symmetrical shapes that create a maze-like pattern that invites the viewer to delve into its depths.

Taeuber-Arp was a master of color and form, and Rising Falling Flying reflects this in her mix of bold primary colors, transforming them into powerful visual tools that electrify the painting.

The work is a testament to Taeuber-Arp’s desire to capture the essential vibration of life itself in the interplay between shape and color.

What makes this standout piece of art is its unique composition of shapes and colors. The shapes are deliberately positioned to create balance and harmony while giving the impression of unbridled energy. Each shape is carefully placed to help viewers feel as if they are moving through space. The painting’s symmetrical and interwoven shapes were groundbreaking in the art world, and its influence can still be seen in contemporary art today.

— About Sophie Taeuber-Arp:

“The intrinsic decorative urge should not be eradicated. It is one of humankind’s deep-rooted, primordial urges. Primitive people decorated their implements and cult objects with a desire to beautify and enhance…. it is a sense emanating from the urge for perfection and creative accomplishment.” Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Sophie Taeuber-Arp was one of the foremost abstract artists and designers of the twentieth century. Her sophisticated graphic and textile works are among the earliest Constructivist works. They reflect the interplay between colour and form. She explored the circle as the representation of the cosmic metaphor, the form that contains all others.

She and her husband Jean Arp were involved with the Dada movement and were close friends of artists such as Sonia and Robert Delaunay, Wassily Kandinsky, Joan Miró, and Marcel Duchamp.

Wassily Kandinsky said: “Sophie Taeuber-Arp expressed herself by means of the ‘colored relief,’ especially in the last years of her life, using almost exclusively the simplest forms, geometric forms. The forms, by their sobriety, their silence, their way of being sufficient unto themselves, invite the hand, if it is skillful, to use the language that is suitable to it and which is often only a whisper; but often too the whisper is more expressive, more convincing, more persuasive, than the ‘loud voice’ that here and there lets itself burst out.”

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