Unravel : the power and politics of textiles in art /

The transformative power of contemporary textiles is the subject of this exhibition catalog that examines how and why textile has been a fertile medium for artists to question regimes of power and hierarchies of value. Bringing together more than 100 works by a diverse range of international practit...

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Other Authors: Fray-Smith, Wells (Editor, Interviewer), Johnson, Lotte (Editor, Interviewer), Pinatih, Amanda (Editor, Interviewer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Munich ; London; New York : Prestel, in association with Barbican Art Gallery and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Shanay Jhaveri ; Rein Wolfs
  • Thread weaves the world / conversation with Wells Fray-Smith, Lotte Johnson and Amanda Pinatih
  • Fibre creatures, furry beasts : queer textile crittercism / Julia Bryan-Wilson
  • A thread of life : retrieving power through textiles / Miguel A. López
  • On art and subversion / Denise Ferreira da Silva
  • Subversive stitch / Mounira Al Solh ; Ghada Amer ; Feliciano Centurión ; Judy Chicago ; Tracey Emin ; Nicholas Hlobo ; LJ Roberts
  • Fabric of everyday life / Pacita Abad ; Sanford Biggers ; Sheila Hicks ; Małgorzata Mirga-Tas ; Loretta Pettway ; Faith Ringgold ; Tschabalala Self ; Billie Zangewa
  • Borderlands / Igshaan Adams ; Margarita Cabrera ; Cian Dayrit ; Kimsooja ; T. Vinoja
  • Bearing witness / Arpilleristas ; Teresa Margolles ; Violeta Parra ; Zamthingla Ruivah ; Hannah Ryggen
  • Wound and repair / Louise Bourgeois ; Diedrick Brackens ; Harmony Hammond ; José Leonilson ; Georgina Maxim ; Angela Su
  • Ancestral threads / Magdalena Abakanowicz ; Mercedes Azpilicueta ; Yto Barrada ; Kevin Beasley ; Jagoda Buić ; Myrlande Constant ; Jeffrey Gibson ; Antonio Jose Guzman and Iva Jankovic ; Acaye Kerunen ; Tau Lewis ; Ibrahim Mahama ; Mrinalini Mukherjee ; Solange Pessoa ; Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín ; Yinka Shonibare CBE RA ; Lenore Tawney ; Cecilia Vicuña ; Yee I-Lann ; Sarah Zapata
  • Glossary of terms
  • List of works
  • Author biographies
  • Acknowledgements
  • Image credits
  • Index.