Barbara Broekman (1955-) 'Karachi', tapestry, double woven in the complex Jacquard technique. H. 205 cm. W. 148 cm. Barbara Broekman adapts existing images using complex (textile) patterns into monumental compositions that she has made in textiles a

Barbara Broekman (1955-) 'Karachi', tapestry, double woven in the complex Jacquard technique. H. 205 cm. W. 148 cm. Barbara Broekman adapts existing images using complex (textile) patterns into monumental compositions that she has made in textiles and other everyday materials. The work 'Karachi' is part of the 'Faith' series, which is based on newspaper photographs that both chronicle tragic events and possess a delirious beauty. From a distance, the canvases resemble impressionist paintings, while up close the images break down into pixels. An approach that is related to the painterly tradition of pointillism in which representations were constructed with equivalent dots. It is a systematic method of image construction that has always intrigued Broekman. Textile constructions can also be traced back to geometric compositions. By 'translating' the abstracted images into textiles, the romantic beauty present in the newspaper photos is further enhanced.

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