Louis Nye: Reflections and Apparitions

Louis Nye’s contribution to the show De Cuando Jugábamos at Galería Silvestre explored the structural limitations inherent in weaving - fixed widths, predetermined thread counts, and the binary logic of horizontal and vertical lines. Within this grid-like constraint, Nye sought moments of disruption. By introducing areas of loose threads, they created spaces of movement, breaking away from the rigid logic of the loom to allow for spontaneity and flow.

Below, Louis kindly shares further insight into his work:

Apparition Reverse, 2025, Louis Nye

My Practice

When I first started weaving on digital jacquard looms, I was seduced by the possibilities to combine so many different weave patterns and work in such detail. At the time I was mainly working in painting and print, and I used the loom more as a way to execute rather than develop artworks. As I became more and more familiar with the possibilities of weave, I began to process ideas and envision works through a weaving mindset and found ways to express ideas through material, density and structure...

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Image Credits:

LEAD: Apparition (Detail), 2005, Louis Nye

All other images as credited in photo captions.