MARGRET EICHER BIOGRAPHY
Margret Eicher (born Viersen, Germany 1955) coined the term ‘Copy Collage’ for her way of extracting reproductions from various contemporary contexts – fashion, advertising, art, glamour – and putting them together on a computer to form large patterns inspired by art history. These combinations are sent to the Jacquard Tapestry looms in Belgium to become large tapestries which Harald Kunde has called ‘a maelstrom of hybrid seduction’. By that means, the image carrier historically associated with courtly representation and mythological legitimation of the ruling families, is applied to the celebrity culture of our times: the traditional, heavy and static meets the superficial, lightweight and fast-moving.
