When we walked into the foyer of this hotel, way, way above the class of hotel where we usually stay – a one night treat – I took a deep breath when I saw this fabulous hanging, wondering if it was El Anatsui’s work – and though it probably isn’t,…  Update – why did I not come back and update the information? At some later date I did learn this artist was Olga Amaral Colombia’s famous fibre artist, see images are online 

And there was no excuse for there being no accreditation on the wall near it, and no excuse for none of the staff around being able to tell me it, either!

These squares of whatever are less than 1″,  or say 2cm square, and joined by fibre or stitching,  but there seem to be 2 styles of joining, which give different texture areas.  The detail directly above, which I was able to see without handling it, suggests the ties go between two layers, suggestive of some of Kathy Loomis’ and Wen Redmond’s joined segmented works, but other parts seem to be linked with a metal piece, giving a more solid appearance.  Thought provoking anyway.

Update – in what I have read since discovering her work, her abstract designs carry deep emotional ties to her country’s history, geography and culture.