Material cultures

Book

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BLUE: The TATTER Textile Library

Name/Title

Material cultures

Entry/Object ID

N6498.F54.M3 2016

Description

"Material Cultures is a companion piece to BRIC's Material Cultures group exhibition which features the work of eight contemporary visual artists who engage with and respond to essential elements of textile: weaving, pattern, draping, embellishing, and wearing. The Material Cultures book features tactile photographs documenting the artists' relationships to their materials and essays expanding upon the artists' concepts and formative histories which have informed their material choices." -- PUBLISHER Includes essays by Lee Wolf, Victoria Manganiello, Sara Softness, Molly Jean Bennett and Mae Colburn.

Context

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Gallery at BRIC House, Brooklyn, New York, September 8-October 23, 2016.

Lexicon

Search Terms

fiberwork--21st century, fiberwork--exhibitions, fiberwork--united states, textile artists--united states

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Exhibition catalog

Book Details

Author

Jordana Munk Martin, Elizabeth Ferrer, TATTER, BRIC

Publisher

TATTER, BRIC

Place Published

City

Brooklyn, NY

Date Published

2016

ISBN

9780997875003

Notes

Length: 87

General Notes

Note

Includes separate sheet (2 pages) on Xenobia Bailey, with essay by Sara Softness, and wrap-around folded sheet (2 pages) with biographies of the artists and color illustration of the exhibition floor plan at Bric House.

Note Type

Contents

Note

Materiality, and the primacy of touch / Jordana Munk Martin -- Laura Anderson Barbata -- Xenobia Bailey -- Lucia Cuba -- Adrian Esparza -- Elana Herzog -- Lorenzo Hurtado Segovia -- Sophia Narrett -- Marela Zacarias.