Unravel
The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
Book — Aug 14, 2024
The publication shines a light on 50 contemporary artists who - drawn to the tactile processes of stitching, weaving, bracing, beading and knotting - have experienced the transformative and subversive potential of fibre and thread.
Why have artists been drawn to textiles to challenge power structures, transgress boundaries and reimagine the world around them? Spanning intimate hand-crafted pieces to large-scale sculptural installations, the featured artworks are radical in their emancipatory joy and transcendence.
The publication is packed with a conversation with the exhibition's curators Amanda Pinatih (Stedelijk Museum), Wells Fray-Smith and Lotte Johnson (Barbican Centre); new essays from Julia Bryan-Wilson, Miguel A. López, and Denise Ferreira da Silva; and individual artist texts that expand the horizons of art history to communicate multi-layered stories about lived experience, addressing gender, colonialism, the movement and displacement of people, ancient forms of knowledge, and more.
Available in the museumshop in English.
Authors: Michelle Adler, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Diego Chocano, Denise Ferreire da Silva, Wells Fray-Smith, Simone Iris de Haan, Lotte Johnson, Miguel A. López, en Amanda Pinatih. Editors: Wells Fray-Smith, Lotte Johnson, and Amanda Pinatih.
Assistant Editor: Diego Chocano.
Project Editors Stedelijk: Masha van Vliet and Carlos Zepeda Aguilar.
Publisher: Prestel Verlag
Graphic designer: Atelier Dyakova (Sonya Dyakova, Ben Greehy en Gabriella Voyias, met Oliver Long.
Language: Engels
Other details: 294 pages, 24,5 × 28,5 cm, hardcover, ISBN 978-3-7913-7728-5
Sale price: €45,00
