It’s impossible not to be wowed by The Monumentality of the Everyday a bright bold installation of carpets, embroidery and paintings.

It’s a work to be experienced as Jakup encourages visitors to feel and enjoy the space as a place for learning, inspiration and coming together to have fun.

Spot inspiration from children’s books, folk art, science and computer games as you explore.

Huge thanks to British Council for their support in bringing Jakup Ferri‘s work to the UK.

Find The Monumentality of Every Day in the Spanish Library.

About Jakup Ferri

Jakup Ferri, an artist from Pristina, Kosovo is adapting an installation of paintings, carpets and textiles co-created with textile artists from Albania, Kosovo, Burkina Faso and Suriname.

He considers carpet-making and embroidery as techniques of ‘coherence and community building’.

The Monumentality of Every Day was originally presented in the Kosovo Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale and will have its UK premiere, shown in Harewood’s Spanish Library.