Anya Gallaccio collaborates with del Buono Gazerwitz on east London garden commission

04 April 2016

Anya Gallaccio has collaborated with landscape architects del Buono Gazerwitz on a living artwork inspired by east London’s history of weaving and textile design. Based in the central courtyard of DACS’ office in Bethnal Green, the work will be on permanent display from 19 April 2016.

Anya Gallaccio collaborates with del Buono Gazerwitz on east London garden commission

Photo: © Brian Benson, 2016

Drawing on east London’s history of weaving and textile design

Made from ferns and plants, the living artwork recognises a long history of diverse migrant communities settling and blossoming in London’s east end, from the 18^th century Huguenots to 21^st century sari shops and textile manufacturers.

Anya Gallaccio's design for the artwork draws on an 18^th century pattern on silk by Anna Maria Garthwaite. Her celebrated textile designs demonstrated a profound understanding of the technical process of silk weaving and a skilful and naturalistic rendering of flowers and plants.

Gallaccio uses ephemeral and organic materials in her work, meaning it is rarely permanent. This commission follows on from previous artworks, including 1999's Glaschu – a low-lying carpet of grass and other small plants laid out in a formal pattern in the grand Victorian hall of Lanarkshire House, Glasgow.

This new commission will open to the public during events at DACS from 19 April 2016 onwards. The events are part of DACS Foundation's on-going programme of artist talks and panel discussions.

Browse images by Anya Gallaccio

Hundreds of images by Turner Prize-nominated Anya Gallaccio are available to license through Artimage. Browse a selection of related images below, or view all images here.

Preserve Beauty, 1991 (installation view, Karsten Schubert, London):

Spike, 1991 (installation view, Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid):

Into the Blue, 1993 (installation view, Bournemouth Beach):

Chrematis, 1994 (installation view, Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico):

Glaschu, 1999 (installation view, Lanarkshire House, Glasgow):

All the Rest is Silence, 1999 (installation view, Sadler's Wells, London):

Sybil, 2007:

If I Were A Painter, 2008:

Untitled (Castle Rock, Arizona), 2011:

The Light Pours Out Of Me, 2012 (installation view, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh):

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Image credits from top: Project sketch by Anya Gallaccio, courtesy of the artist; Preserve Beauty, 1991 (installation view, Karsten Schubert, London), Anya Gallaccio © Anya Gallaccio, All Rights Reserved, DACS 2016; Spike, 1991 (installation view, Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid), Anya Gallaccio © Anya Gallaccio, All Rights Reserved, DACS 2016; Into the Blue, 1993 (installation view, Bournemouth Beach), Anya Gallaccio © Anya Gallaccio, All Rights Reserved, DACS 2016; Chrematis, 1994 (installation view, Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico), Anya Gallaccio © Anya Gallaccio, All Rights Reserved, DACS 2016; Glaschu, 1999 (installation view, Lanarkshire House, Glasgow), Anya Gallaccio © Anya Gallaccio, All Rights Reserved, DACS 2016; All the Rest is Silence, 1999 (installation view, Sadler's Wells, London), Anya Gallaccio © Anya Gallaccio, All Rights Reserved, DACS 2016; Sybil, 2007, Anya Gallaccio © Anya Gallaccio, All Rights Reserved, DACS 2016; If I Were A Painter, 2008, Anya Gallaccio © Anya Gallaccio, All Rights Reserved, DACS 2016; Untitled (Castle Rock, Arizona), 2011, Anya Gallaccio © Anya Gallaccio, All Rights Reserved, DACS 2016; The Light Pours Out Of Me, 2012 (installation view, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh), Anya Gallaccio © Anya Gallaccio, All Rights Reserved, DACS 2016.