Conceptual textiles : material meanings

Book

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Name/Title

Conceptual textiles : material meanings

Entry/Object ID

N6494.F47.C58

Description

"This catalogue features the work of thirty-one artists who utilize fiber-based materials in works which demonstrate that artistic and cultural debates about issues such as domesticity, the body, masculinity, femininity, social/political commentaries, race, ethnicity, and colonialism can be addressed through material and sensory experiences. Artists whose works are included are Jim Isermann, Theresa Pendlebury, Deborah Willis, Susan Hammond, Christine LoFaso, Darrel Calvin Morris, Anne Wilson, Margo Mensing, Merrill Mason, Virginia Davis, Ava Gerber, Oliver Herring, Lisa Hoke, Jody Lomberg, Cyrilla Mozenter, Elaine Reichek, Beverly Semmes, Claude Simard, Meyer Vaisman, Sarah Schuster, and Lilian Tyrrell."

Context

Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized and presented by the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, September 22, 1995-January 7, 1996.

Collection

Carol Westfall Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

fiberwork--exhibitions, fiberwork--united states, textile fabrics--united states

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Exhibition catalog

Book Details

Author

John Michael Kohler Arts Center

Publisher

John Michael Kohler Arts Center

Place Published

City

Sheboygan, WI

Date Published

1998

Call No.

N6494.F47.C58

ISBN

932718388, 9780932718389

Notes

Length: 73

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Polly Apfelbaum -- Xenobia Bailey -- Matthew Benedict -- Natalie Bookchin -- Susie Brandt -- Lou Cabeen -- Lia Cook -- Gerry Craig -- Nancy Davidson -- Virginia Davis -- Naoko Furue -- Ava Gerber -- Susan Hammond -- Oliver Herring -- Lisa Hoke -- Jim Isermann -- Christine LoFaso -- Jody Lomberg -- Merrill Mason -- Margo Mensing -- Darrel Calvin Morris -- Cyrilla Mozenter -- Theresa Pendlebury -- Elaine Reichek -- Sarah Schuster -- Beverly Semmes -- Claude Simard -- Lilian Tyrrell -- Meyer Vaisman -- Deborah Willis -- Anne Wilson. Conceptual textiles: material meanings -- Cloth as memory and the significance of touch -- The relationship of cloth to the body -- The cultural construction of gender in relation to the production of textiles -- The social and political role of textiles.