Fiber : sculpture 1960-present

Book

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Fiber : sculpture 1960-present

Entry/Object ID

NB1203.5.F53

Description

"Fiber: Sculpture 1960-present is the first exhibition in over forty years to examine the development of abstraction and dimensionality in fiber art from the mid-twentieth traditional materials, artists working in fiber manipulate gravity, light, color, mass, and transparency to demonstrate the infinite transformations of the material. Early pioneers such as Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sheila Hicks, and Lenore Tawney spearheaded a revolutionary redefinition of fiber in the 1960s and '70s, showcasing radical, nonrepresentational forms. Fiber: Sculture 1960-present features artworks that range from small-scale weavings to immersive environments. This book includes a range of texts on weavings associated with craft to off-loom sculptures aligned with mainstream art movements; a provocative investigation into the notion of softness in art; an examination of fiber art and its historical predecessor, tapestry, in relation to site-specificity; an account of the exhibitions and, finally, a section of concise essays that survey the distinctive contributions of individual practitioners." -- BOOK JACKET

Context

Published on the occasion of Fiber: Sculpture 1960-present organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston October 1, 2014-January 4, 2015. Exhibition travels to Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, February 7-April 5, 2015; Des Moines Art Center, Iowa, May 8-August 2, 2015.

Lexicon

Search Terms

fiberwork--20th century, fiberwork--exhibitions, soft sculpture

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Exhibition catalog

Book Details

Author

Jenelle Porter

Publisher

DelMonico Books, Prestel

Place Published

City

Munich, London, New York

Date Published

2014

Call No.

NB1203.5.F53

ISBN

3791353829, 9783791353821

LCCN

2014013759

Notes

Length: 256

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

The materialists / Jenelle Porter -- Soft power / Glenn Adamson -- Tapestries in space : an alternative history of site-specificity / T'ai Smith -- About 10 years : from the New Tapestry to fiber art / Jenelle Porter -- Artists / r Sarah Parrish -- Magdalena Abakanowicz -- Olga de Amaral -- Xenobia Bailey -- Alexandra Bircken -- Jagoda Buić -- Alexandre da Cunha -- Ria van Eyk -- Josh Faught -- Elsi Giauque -- Françoise Grossen -- Eva Hesse -- Sheila Hicks -- Diane Itter -- Ritzi and Peter Jacobi -- Naomi Kobayashi -- Beryl Korot -- Ruth Laskey -- Aurèlia Muñoz -- Ernesto Neto -- Sheila Pepe -- Robert Rohm -- Ed Rossbach -- Kay Sekimachi -- Barbara Shawcroft -- Alan Shields -- Sherri Smith -- Jean Stamsta -- Lenore Tawney -- Rosemarie Trockel -- Piotr Uklański -- Faith Wilding -- Anne Wilson -- Haegue Yang -- Claire Zeisler.