On loss and absence : textiles of mourning and survival / edited by Isaac Facio, Nneka Kai, L Vinebaum, Anne Wilson ; contributions by Jerry Bleem, Valerie Cassel Oliver, Gustavo Da Silva, Isaac Facio, Wafa Ghnaim, Jen Chen-su Huang, Nneka Kai, Cristian Koepfli, Alipio Melo, Sarah Molina, María José Murillo, Lucinda Pelton, Sharbreon Plummer, Jenni Sorkin, Barbara Teller Ornelas, Lynda Teller Pete, Cybele Tom, L Vinebaum, Melinda Watt, Danitza Willka, Anne Wilson, Folayemi Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Art Institute of Chicago, host institution, organizer, publisher.

Contributor:

Facio, Isaac, editor, contributor.

Kai, Nneka, editor, contributor.

Vinebaum, Lisa, PhD, editor, contributor.

Wilson, Anne, 1949- editor, contributor.

Yale University Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decoration and ornament--Psychological aspects.

Decoration and ornament.

Decoration and ornament--Psychological aspects--Exhibitions.

Mourning customs.

Mourning customs--Exhibitions.

Needlework--Illinois--Chicago.

Needlework.

Needlework--Illinois--Chicago--Exhibitions.

Textile fabrics--Illinois--Chicago.

Textile fabrics.

Textile fabrics--Illinois--Chicago--Exhibitions.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 pages) : 155 illustrations (chiefly color), portraits

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Textiles of mourning and survival

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Art Institute of Chicago, [2025]

Summary:

"From ancient Egyptian shrouds to medieval relics, textiles have played both functional and symbolic roles in rituals of death across time and place. Featuring funeral hangings, mourning samplers, garments, and many other textiles and fragments, along with works by contemporary textile artists such as Nick Cave (b. 1959) and Angela Hennessey (b. 1971), this book highlights how these objects help people negotiate experiences of loss, grief, healing, and survival. With over seventy textiles dating from antiquity to today, 'On Loss and Absence' brings together examples from cultures and traditions around the world"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction : Textiles of Mourning and Survival / Isaac Facio, Nneka Kai, L Vinebaum, Anne Wilson

The Geometry of Loss / Valerie Cassel Oliver

Grief and Disconsolate Forgetting : Objects of Mourning in the Context of Empire and Slavery / Jenni Sorkin

Silent Witness : Ancient Textiles as Biocultural Archives of Disease and Human History / Gustavo Da Silva, Isaac Facio, Cristian Koepfli, Lucinda Pelon

Of Water and Sky Along a Fibered Path / Folayemi Wilson

For Eighteen Looped Clouds / Jen Chen-su Huang

Fragmentary Understanding : Textiles in the Encyclopedic Museum / Melinda Watt

Wounds, Scars, and a Bandage / Jerry Bleem

Representing and Re-Presenting Textiles / Sarah Molina, Cybele Tom

The Timelessness of Tatreez : Stitched Stories of Palestinian Makers Once Known / Wafa Ghnaim

Material Inheritances, Lasting 'Til Sunday / Nneka Kai

The Heartbeat of Andean Weaving / Alipio Melo, María José Murillo, Danitza Willka

Rembrance as Resistance : The Quilts of Dorothy Burge / Sharbreon Plummer

The Enduring Beauty of Diné Textiles / Lynda Teller Pete, Barbara Teller Ornelas.

Notes:

"Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized by the Art Institute of Chicago, September 6, 2025-March 15, 2026"--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on March 12, 2026)

ISBN:

0-300-30246-0

OCLC:

1579014042