Onde en Folie
June Wayne
117 x 39 in. (297,2 x 99,1 cm)
Tapestry, two examples woven by Pierre Daquin, Atelier de Saint Cyr.
1972
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
MB Abram Galleries, 2017; Art Institute of Chicago, 2007; Mason Gross School of the Arts Gallery, 2005; Neuberger Museum of Art, 1997; Fresno Art Museum, 1988; Van Doren Gallery, 1976; Galerie La Demeure, 1974; Van Doren Gallery, 1974; Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery,1973.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Collection of Enid and Martin Gleich.
COMMENTS
Between 1972 and 1974 June Wayne was in France working with the historic textile ateliers to execute her cartoons in twelve different tapestries, a medium which had mostly fallen into disuse, associated with antiquated themes.
In using tapestries to convey contemporary themes, Wayne characteristically acted as the "fearless, multifaceted artist who accepted no limitations and who would venture toward anything that intrigued her, fascinated her, or caught her fancy.” (Christa C. Mayer Thurman, "June Wayne’s Narrative Tapestries: Tidal Waves, DNA, and the Cosmos”, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2010.)
In “Onde en Folie” (Crazy Wave) Wayne continued Lame de Choc (Shock Wave), again focusing on the explosive and unpredictable power of water. As originally conceived this was to be a seven story tapestry for a building atrium in Chicago, a project which she abandoned.
As James Cuno, then President and Director of the Art Institute of Chicago (and now of the Getty Museum) wrote in the foreword to the 2010 exhibition catalogue: “The tapestries are magisterial in conception and extraordinary in their refined beauty and execution. They represent her decades of research into the intersection of art and science."
