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Woven histories : textiles and modern abstraction / edited by Lynne Cooke ; with Elissa Auther, Darby English, Briony Fer, Michelle Kuo, Bibiana K. Obler, and Jeffrey Gibson, Ann Hamilton, Harmony Hammond, Ellen Lesperance, Carole Frances Lung, Ulrike Müller, Lisa Oppenheim.

Fine Arts Library NK8809 .W68 2023
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Cooke, Lynne, editor, contributor.
Auther, Elissa, contributor.
English, Darby, 1974- contributor.
Fer, Briony, contributor.
Kuo, Michelle Y., contributor.
Obler, Bibiana K., contributor.
National Gallery of Art (U.S.), organizer, host institution.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, host institution.
National Gallery of Canada, host institution.
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Textile design, Abstract--Themes, motives--Exhibitions.
Textile design, Abstract.
Textile design--History--20th century--Themes, motives--Exhibitions.
Textile design.
Art, Abstract--20th century--Exhibitions.
Art, Abstract.
Art, Abstract--21st century--Exhibitions.
Weaving--Exhibitions.
Weaving.
Physical Description:
vii, 283 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Other Title:
Textiles and modern abstraction
Place of Publication:
Washington : National Gallery of Art ; Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2023]
Summary:
"Woven Histories begins in the early twentieth century, rooting the abstract art of Sophie Taeuber-Arp in the applied arts and handicrafts, then features the interdisciplinary practices of Anni Albers, Sonia Delaunay, Liubov Popova, Varvara Stepanova, and others who sought to effect social change through fabrics for furnishings and apparel. Over the century, the intersection of textiles and abstraction engaged artists from Ed Rossbach, Kay Sekimachi, Ruth Asawa, Lenore Tawney, and Sheila Hicks to Rosemarie Trockel, Ellen Lesperance, Jeffrey Gibson, Igshaan Adams, and Liz Collins, whose textile-based works continue to shape this discourse. Including essays by distinguished art historians as well as reflections from contemporary artists, this ambitious project traces the intertwined histories of textiles and abstraction as vehicles through which artists probe urgent issues of our time." -- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Modernist histories : braided, interlaced, and aligned / Lynne Cooke
Artists' responses
Unavoidable Nature / Darby English
Textile thinking / Briony Fer
Not your grandmother's labor / Bibiana K. Obler
Dimensions of basketry / Elissa Auther
Textility and technology / Michelle Kuo.
Notes:
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, September 17, 2023-January 21, 2024; National Gallery of Art, Washington, March 17-July 28, 2024; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, October 25, 2024-March 2, 2025; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York, April 20-September 13, 2025.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0226827291
9780226827292
OCLC:
1372547851

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