Name/Title
From tapestry to Fiber Art : the Lausanne Biennials 1962-1995Entry/Object ID
NK3007.85.F76 2017Description
"The historical and artistic development of the Lausanne Biennials illustrated with more than a hundred works and views of rooms, most of them unpublished. At the end of World War II, the art of tapestry experienced a new boom and throughout Europe national workshops and factories lived a renewal. By organizing the International Tapestry Biennials in 1962, the city of Lausanne (Switzerland) became the international showcase of contemporary textile creation. Held in the halls of the Musee cantonal des Beaux-Arts, the Lausanne Biennials gradually became more than just an exhibition. They had become a not-to-be-missed event that bore witness to the extraordinary evolution of an artistic expression that had graduated from the status of a decorative art to that of a truly independent art. And thus, for thirty years, thanks to the Tapestry Biennials, Lausanne came to be recognised as the capital of contemporary textile art and the laboratory of the New Tapestry movement. Illustrated with more than a hundred works and views of rooms, most of them unpublished, it testifies to the impact and vitality of these exhibitions - 16 editions, more than 600 artists from all over the world, 911 works exhibited - and their impact abroad. The historical research carried out by the Toms Pauli Foundation, heir to the International Center for Ancient and Modern Tapestry, is enriched in by the essays of specialists from four countries with a textile tradition: France, Poland, the United States and Japan." -- PUBLISHERLexicon
Search Terms
fiberwork--20th century, tapestry--history--20th centuryLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Giselle Eberhard Cotton, Magali JunetPublisher
Skira, Fondation Toms PauliDate Published
2017Call No.
NK3007.85.F76ISBN
8857234711, 9788857234717Notes
Length: 221General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
History of the Lausanne Biennials: Lausanne, International Centre of Tapestry ; Tradition and revival, 1962-1967 ; Is this still tapestry?, 1969-1975 ; The impact of the Biennials ; The price of success, 1977-1981 ; The changing map of textile art, 1983-1987 ; The Biennials in crisis, 1989-1995 ; Nouvelle tapisserie, new paradigms / Giselle Eberhard Cotton, Magali Junet -- International influence of the Lausanne Biennials. France: The cartoon painters and tradition / Odile Contamin ; Poland: Mapping new meaning / Marta Kowalewska ; United States: The fiber art pioneers / Jenelle Porter ; Japan: Powerful harmony / Keiko Kawashima.