The exhibition features photographs,
her earliest fiber sculptures,... Read More
Not exact matches
Pieces ranging from
early -»60s paintings incorporating casts of manhole covers to brand - new
sculptures made of resin and horsehair variously bring to mind Sue Coe's activist art, Robert Rauschenberg's indexical work of the 1950s, Bruce Nauman's casts of animal bodies and Jack Pierson's
early installations, as well as
fiber art and African artifacts.
Fang or Bulu, Gabon / Southern Cameroon Helmet Horned Mask of the So Society, Late 19th to
early 20th century - Detail
Sculpture - Wood,
fiber, pigments, patina 52 x 26.5 x 20 cm (20.47 x 10.43 x 7.87 in)
Fang or Bulu, Gabon / Southern Cameroon Helmet Horned Mask of the So Society, Late 19th to
early 20th century
Sculpture - Wood,
fiber, pigments, patina 52 x 26.5 x 20 cm (20.47 x 10.43 x 7.87 in)
Tawney, along with Abakanowicz and Sheila Hicks (American, born 1934), who is represented by a major wall hanging, was an
early pioneer of a new genre known as
fiber art, in which artists made soft
sculptures by crocheting, knotting, looping, weaving, and twisting
fibers, both synthetic and natural.