Threads : material, myths & symbols / editors, Dr. Corinna Otto, Martin Rudolf Brenninkmeijer ; idea and concept, Dr. Maria Spitz ; authors, Jörg von Alvensleben [and five others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Otto, Corinna, editor.

Brenninkmeijer, Martin Rudolf, editor.

Spitz, Maria, organizer.

Alvensleben, Jörg von, writer of added commentary.

Draiflessen Collection, host institution.

Standardized Title:

Threads (Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thread--Exhibitions.

Thread.

Art and mythology--Exhibitions.

Art and mythology.

Women artists--Exhibitions.

Women artists.

Physical Description:

175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Material, myths & symbols

Material, myths and symbols

Place of Publication:

Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, [2023]

Summary:

"The thread is an interesting thing. Formally, it can be described by a beginning and an end, and a certain stability, flexibility, and mobility. A thread rarely exists as a "thing in and of itself"; rather, it seems to await its actual use as a "thing in order to". A great deal of symbolism is entwined with this inconspicuous object: it can stand for human life itself, as well as for the success of that life, and thus, like the myths spun around it, touches on existential questions. Threads highlights these questions and layers of meaning by offering the opportunity to individually explore a wide variety of ideas and answers. It combines examples of the tools of spinning and weaving, classical mythological representations, and contemporary works of visual art that use the thread as a metaphor, model, or medium and make either the thread itself, or images of it, tangible as a means of artistic expression for the conditions and possibilities of life. In this way, Threads opens up conceptual spaces for reflection and association between the poles of fate and responsibility, trust and scepticism, power and powerlessness, and individuality and collectivity; Threads builds bridges from antiquity through the present into a possible tomorrow. ARTISTS: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Louise Bourgeois, Jeongmoon Choi, Alphonse-Victor Colas, Vincenz Gruener, Eva Hesse, Maria Lai, Rosa Loy, Cesare Nebbia, Vanessa Oppenhoff, Crispijn van der Passe, Antonio Tempesta, Rosemarie Trockel, Heike Weber." -- publisher.

Contents:

Threading the needle : in lieu of an introduction

Materialization as method : on the materiality and metaphorical dimension of thread in art after 1960

What myths accomplish

The world as text and textile : threads, coverlets, and singing parcae in Catullus's Poem 64

The life thread of the Moirai, or, Between the poles of fate and responsibility

The weaving contest between Athena and Arachne, or, Between the poles of individuality and collectivity, power and powerlessness

Ariadne's thread, or, Between the poles of doubt and certainty.

Notes:

Catalog published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Draiflessen Collection from October 15, 2023 to February 25, 2024.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at the Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen, October 15, 2023 - February 25, 2024.

ISBN:

9783753304953

3753304956

OCLC:

1434262617