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Furr's tapestry painting hanging in the restaurant of the Singapore Edition 2023
Furr painting the lower half of "Arrival" in his studio in Thames Ditton in the summer of 2023
Furr painting the lower half of "Arrival" in his studio in Thames Ditton in the summer of 2023
Furr adding detail to the lower half of "Arrival" in his studio in Thames Ditton in the summer of 2023
The Singapore Edition 2023
Christian Furr
'Arrival' - The Tapestry Painting for Singapore Edition - Commission , 2023
Acrylic and Oil on Canvas
400 x 300 cms
Copyright/Christian Furr/Bridgeman Images 2023
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In 2023 The Singapore EDITION, commissioned Christian Furr to create an imposing painting for their newly desgined hotel restaurant. The painting entitled 'Arrival', is a fictional depiction of the original...
In 2023 The Singapore EDITION, commissioned Christian Furr to create an imposing painting for their newly desgined hotel restaurant. The painting entitled "Arrival", is a fictional depiction of the original settlers of modern day Singapore, arriving in the bay of Singapore in the style of an ancient tapestry.
Christian Furr brings together elements of the Western tapestry tradition and makes it Eastern in nature. Human activity that in fact spans the past, present and future, with numerous hidden elements to discover— a faded ghostly sail boat in the distance combined with the intricate detail of foliage and trees in soft greens, orange amber and gold tones.
Personal thoughts
"This is the biggest painting I have ever done.
I wanted to do something great. Different, strange and daring even. It became the 4 x 3m depiction of a trompe l'oeil aged tapestry about the idea of 'arrival'. In this case an imagined story scene of the arrival, by sea of the first settlers and pioneers of Singapore in their distinctive junks to a country which is now one of the world's blue zones.
Because of the immense size and tight deadline it was painted with immense deliberation. At the beginning I went to my art supplier to go through every colour and chose what I had never used before. I also worked with a different methodology to create the painting.
Because I painted a distressed finish in the threads of the tapestry, there are areas of lost and found where your imagination can fill in the gaps."
Provenance
The Singapore Edition 2023Exhibitions
Permanent collection of the Singapore Edition- The Edition Hotels Collection
Literature
9 November 2023 - The painting is now on dispaly at the Singapore Edition.
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