
Hundreds of rivers embroidered with silver thread on a khanta, the traditional textile of Bangladesh, welcome visitors to ‘Essential Beauty,’ to date the largest exhibition, cum catalog, of the works of Anna Heringer, curated by Luis Fernández-Galiano at the Museo ICO in Madrid. Hanging on light bamboo structures, as many maps trace architectures sewn on tapestries, unfurling a material universe from which to begin discovering the practice of her studio...[+]