The art piece: Magna Carta (an embroidery)

I apologize for this ugly link, but click below to see a short documentary on the brilliant and thought provoking piece Magna Carta (an Embroidery) by Cornelia Parker, currently on display in the UK until July 26th.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Magna_Carta_An_Embroidery.ogv?embedplayer=yes” width=”854″ height=”480″ frameborder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen

Below are some images from the work itself and its creation.

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One comment

Anne J Steves

Reblogged this on Anne J Steves and commented:
What a lovely piece of embroidered work. Thanks Daniela for sharing this with us.

July 4, 2015 at 8:26 pm

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