Commissioned especially for the vast window space of Rivington Place, this new 7 metre
long textile work merges political commentary and traditional craftsmanship.
Not exact matches
«Alan Shields: Common Threads» highlights the artist's life -
long engagement with
textiles and the needle arts through the selection of three decades of
work.
The items view fall into four categories: «Fabulous Views» (
works evoking
Long Island's landscape), «Nice Threads» (
textiles and clothing), «Kid Stuff» (childhood items), and «On the Road» (objects documenting the history of transportation).
She uses a lot of found images and woven
textiles in her
work, which I definitely relate to, and have considered an inspiration for a
long time.
MacArthur Fellow and visual artist Ann Hamilton, whose installations have
long incorporated
textiles and fabric, created an ambitious new temporary
work of cylindrical curtains at Philadelphia's Municipal Pier 9, a site laden with
textile manufacturing history.
Culling from a
long and multi-faceted career in painting, printmaking, and weaving, the New - York based artist often incorporates hand - made or African - sourced
textiles within her paintings or frames her
work in exuberantly colored fabrics.
Photographs of Wayne and the French weavers are included in the exhibit, and one image shows Wayne
working on a
textile that no
longer exists.
Working within the overlapping discourses of Conceptual art, land art, poetry, and feminist art practices, Vicuña has
long refused categorical distinctions, operating fluidly between concept and craft, text and
textile.
When planning the décor of the living room, the owner spent a
long time
working out how the various
textiles could
work together.