Systems, VI (2011). Powdered tire rubber mixed with acrylic, vinyl-coated steel cable, nails, wire, white 3′ electrical cord 8′ 4 inches x 9′ 6 inches x 9′ 6inches/254 x 289.6 x 289.6 cm Photograph by Kerry Ryan McFate, courtesy Pace Gallery Image Richard Tuttle, courtesy Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London and Pace Gallery, New York Lender: Tate, purchased with assistance from the Karpidas Family (Tate Americas Foundation) 2013
Walking on Air (2009), Cotton with Rit dyes, grommets, thread 2x panels, overall installed: 1ft 11 inches x 10ft 4.75 inches/58.4 x 316.8 cm. Photograph by Kerry Ryan McFate, courtesy Pace Gallery Image Richard Tuttle, courtesy Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London and Pace Gallery, New York
“Rnând Nwʈ Americn mastr Ričd Tutl (b.1941) fyzz sculpčr, pêntñ n powtri. Ɖs fîv-deced srve fôc̣sz on hiz ys v txtîlz az testsait. Culrz mytet az ɖe sīp ʈru cloʈ; canvs bcmz jı̣mtric abstraẋn. Īvn sprocits, wîrz n stičñ r pāt v hiz liricl vižl sintax. Tutl olso corı̣grafs s – w mt stub âr to on an objct neslñ agnst ɖ wōl or b arstd bî a cnstruẋn’z asnt intu spês.
Renjñ fṛm ɖ ʈri-inč pìs v rôp ɖt šoct Ny Ywc’s critcs in ɖ 1970z – t hiz inʈrwlñ bcwrcs – ɖs šo imrsz s in Tutl’z plêfl ynivrs v fwm.
Prizntd in cnjunẋn wɖ a mêjr insṭlešn in Têt Modn’z Trbînhwl n acumṗnid bî a comprihnsv publicešn.”
“Têt Modn’z Trbînhwl hz plêd hôst t sm v ɖ wrld’z most strîcñ n memṛbl wrcs v cntmprri āt. Nâ, ɖs vast spês welcmz ɖ ljst wrc evr crietd bî rnând Americn sculptr Ričd Tutl (born 1941).
Intîtld I D’nt Nô . Ɖ Wīv v Txtîļanĝj, ɖs nyli cmišnd sculpčr cmbînz vast swagz v fabrics dzînd bî ɖ ātist fṛm bʈ man-md n načṛl fîbrz in ʈri bold n briłnt culrz.
Ɖ cmišn z pāt v a wîdr srve v ɖ ātist têcñ plês in Lundn ɖs ōtm n cmprîzñ a mêjr xibišn at ɖ Ẇîtčapl Gaḷri srveyñ fîv decedz v Tutl’z c̣rir n a sumčs ny publicešn rūtd in ɖ ātist’s ôn c̣lẋn v historic n cntmprri txtîlz.”
