More than pattern, tartan is a language—lineage woven in warp and weft. Stewart Black (Ancient) carries the weight of Scottish history with a palette softened by time: red subdued, green earthy, yellow aged to dusk. This isn’t fashion—it’s affiliation, legacy, clan. In a MoMA context, the textile becomes a diagram of identity, both inherited and performed. Repetition becomes meaning. Structure becomes memory. It’s geometry with blood behind it.
Archefact 