
Mid-century Abstract Orange and Yellow Tapestry by Arcemont
This textile work, signed by Arcemont, presents a delicate and intimate approach to mixed media, where each element is imbued with a poetic intention. Rather than simply gluing pieces of fabric and geometric elements together, the artist assembles them with visible, irregular stitches, using wool scraps in varying colors and densities. These stretched threads, sometimes wild, recall the affectionate repairs one might make to a precious object, like a well-worn child’s lovey, patched up by loving hands. The work thus explores the duality of care and fragility, a contrast between strength and vulnerability. The square and circular forms, varying in size, respond to one another. They merge and overlap like fragments of memories, pieces of a story the artist sought to capture. The squares evoke a frame, a more rigid structure, windows open to frozen moments. At the same time, the fluid, organic circle resembles a celestial element—moon, sun, perhaps even an allegory of a mirror revealing t