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MODERN MOSAICS AT TATE MODERN?
It all began back in 2001,
when BAMM member Dr. Pat Witts wrote to Tate Director Sir Nicholas Serota asking if Tate Modern would feature modern mosaic in its collections.
He replied, “There is an agreement with the Trustees of the Victoria & Albert Museum, as the national collection of Art and Design, that they will concentrate on the decorative arts, leaving the graphic arts of the twentieth century to us.”
The idea that mosaic is always “decorative” as opposed to “graphic” is tendentious, of course, not to say silly. Accordingly in 2012 your editor asked Tate Modern if there had been any change...
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Just in case you don't know, there are mosaic associations
you might consider joining. All are useful for contacts,
exhibitions and newsletters.
BAMM: British Association for Modern Mosaic
MAANZ: Mosaic Association of Australia and New Zealand
DOMO: German Organization for Mosaic Art
SAMA: Society of American Mosaic Artists |
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This is a novel about the Fourth Crusade, the one launched by Pope Innocent III which ended up sacking Constantinople, the greatest city in Christendom.
And why does it feature on the Home page of Mosaic Matters? Two reasons - the author is your Editor, Paul Bentley, and of course mosaic pops up now and then - there is even a description of how the Byzantines made their wall mosaics. More...
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