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Sagarika Sundaram in front of her work Oracle (2020). Photo courtesy the artist.
A first impulse when viewing textile artist Sagarika Sundaram’s works is to want to get close to them, to put your hands all over their varied textures comprised of natural fibers sourced from small farms and growers around the world, including India, Uruguay, and New Zealand. You want to envelop yourself in their thick, tactile fabrics; to disappear into a kind of cocoon.
Sundaram is used to inspiring such reactions. In fact, she says, she likes working on pieces that allow viewers a little quiet space, letting them experience the quality of silence you find when swathed in different kinds of materials.
Jack Lenor Larsen, 1927-2020
Weaver, designer, collector, gardener, author, world traveler, entrepreneur, teacher, and cultural scholar, Jack was mentor to textile connoisseurs, designers, artisans and artists.
30th December 2020
Jack Lenor Larsen died peacefully on the evening of December 22, 2020 of natural causes in East Hampton, New York at LongHouse Reserve, the 16-acre garden and arts center that is his legacy. Larsen’s, companion of more than 30 years, Peter Olsen, was at his side.
A memorial service will be announced in the near future.
For those who wish to honor Larsen, he would appreciate nothing more than a contribution to the Jack Lenor Larsen Endowment Fund, established to support the maintenance of and programming at his beloved LongHouse Reserve.
Renowned Textile Designer Jack Lenor Larsen Dies at 93
December 23, 2020
Jack Lenor Larsen, the visionary weaver and
Interior Design Hall of Fame member, passed away December 22 at his home in East Hampton, New York. He died of natural causes at age 93 with Peter Olsen, his companion of 30 years, by his side. Larsen not only left an indelible mark on mid-century modernism through his textiles but was also ever curious about how art and design impacted the world. His knowledge and influence extended to the realms of education and culture, and his legacy will continue to live on at LongHouse Reserve, his home and 16-acre not-for-profit nature reserve and sculpture park in East Hampton.
Jack Lenor Larsen Founder of LongHouse Reserve & Larsen Fabrics Has Passed Away
Larsen’s remarkable career as a textile designer began in the early 1950s when he founded his studio, Jack Lenor Larsen Inc., in New York City.by BWW News Desk
Weaver, designer, collector, gardener, author, world traveler, entrepreneur, teacher, and cultural scholar, Jack Lenor Larsen was mentor to textile connoisseurs, designers, artisans and artists throughout his eventful and gratifying 93 years. He died peacefully on the evening of December 22, 2020 of natural causes in East Hampton, New York at LongHouse Reserve, the 16-acre garden and arts center that is his legacy. Larsen s, companion of more than 30 years, Peter Olsen, was at his side.