Drape Modern: giant art by Richard Tuttle unveiled at Tate Modern

I Don’t Know. The Weave Of Textile Language has been suspended from the ceiling and, at more than 12 metres high, it is Richard Tuttle's largest-ever sculpture

Over 12 metres high: Richard Tuttle's 'I Don't Know' . The Weave of Textile Language at the Turbine Hall Tate Modern / Pic: ALEX LENTATI and Image Broker/REX

Photo by ALEX LENTATI and Image Broker/REX

Alistair Foster15 October 2014

A new sculpture by American artist Richard Tuttle was unveiled in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern today.

“I Don’t Know. The Weave Of Textile Language” has been suspended from the ceiling and, at more than 12 metres high, is his largest-ever sculpture.

Tuttle, 73, came to prominence in the Sixties, combining sculpture, painting, poetry and drawing. His new piece looks at textiles and “investigates the importance of this material throughout history”.

A major exhibition of his work over the last five decades opens tomorrow at Whitechapel Gallery, and will run until December 14.

Frieze London art fair in Regent’s Park also takes place this week. Its VIP preview is tomorrow and it opens to the public on Wednesday.

It will bring 162 of the world’s leading contemporary galleries to the capital until Saturday.