Unravel
The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
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Sarah Zapata, To Teach or to Assume Authority, 2018-19, natural and synthetic fibre, handwoven fabric and wood, 183 x 340 x 440 cm (approx.), collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Acquired with the generous support of the participants of the VriendenLoterij and Young Stedelijk, 2021.
Jeffrey Gibson, SPEAK TO ME SO THAT I CAN UNDERSTAND, 2018, acrylic paint on canvas, vintage Seminole patchwork, plastic beads, glass beads, nylon, water-based ink on sublimated polyester, metal jingles, tipi poles and deer hide, 216 x 178 x 38 cm, collection Sunderland-Cohen. Courtesy of the artist, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Roberts Projects, and Stephen Friedman Gallery. Photo: John Bentham
Cecilia Vicuña, Quipu Austral (detail), 2012. Collection 49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine © Barbican Art Gallery. Photo: Photo Jemina Yong
Cecilia Vicuña, Quipu Austral (detail), 2012. Collection 49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine © Barbican Art Gallery. Photo: Photo Jo Underhil
Cecilia Vicuña, Quipu Austral (detail), 2012. Collection 49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine © Barbican Art Gallery. Photo: Photo Jo Underhil
LJ Roberts, Frederick Weston, 2018, embroidery on cotton, 19.1 x 16.8 cm, courtesy of the artists and Hales London and New York © LJ Roberts, courtesy the artist and Hales Gallery
Diedrick Brackens, fire makes some dragons, 2020, woven cotton and acrylic yarn, 216 x 188 cm, The Hudgins Family © Diedrick Brackens. Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, and Various Small Fires, Los Angeles. Photo: Ian Byers-Gambe
Tracey Emin, No chance (WHAT A YEAR), 1999, appliqué blanket, 250 x 238 x 12 cm, Portia Kennaway © Tracey Emin, all rights reserved, DACS 2022. Photo: © Stephen White Courtesy White Cube
Judy Chicago, Birth Tear/Tear, 1982, embroidery on silk by Jane Gaddie Thompson, 52.1 x 69.9 x 3.8 cm, collection of Jeffrey N. Dauber and March A. Levin © Judy Chicago. ARS, NY and DACS, London 2023, courtesy the artist and Jessica Silverman, San Francisco. Photo: John Wilson White
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, uit de serie Wyjście z Egiptu (Out of Egypt), 2021, textile, acrylic paint and mixed media on wooden stretcher, 230 x 313 cm, private collection, Switzerland © Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, courtesy the artist, Karma International, Zurich
Louise Bourgeois, Arch of Hysteria, 2000. Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Paris, St. Moritz. © The Easton Foundation/VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, Londen 2023. Photo: Sasa Fuis
Teresa Margolles, american Juju for the Tapestry of Truth, 2015. Courtesy the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich/Paris
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Teresa Margolles, american Juju for the Tapestry of Truth, 2015, 168 x 249 cm / 66.1 x 98.0 inch. Mixed media on a textile imprinted on the spot in Staten Island where Eric Garner died while being placed under arrest. Created with the participation of members of the Harlem Needle Arts cultural arts institute: Michelle Bishop, Sahara Briscoe, Laura R. Gadson, and Jerry Gant. Produced with the support of the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, New York, US. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zürich/ Paris
Feliciano Centurión, Eye with ñandutí, from the series La Miranda (Gazing), ca. 1994. Collection Flavia Nespatti. Courtesy Cecilia Brunson Projects and Familia Feliciano Centurión
Tschabalala Self, Koco at the Bodega, 2017, coloured pencil, photocopies of hand-coloured drawings, acrylic, flashe, fabric and painted canvas on canvas, 243.8 x 213.4 cm, Valeria and Gregorio Napoleone Collection. Courtesy the artist, Pilar Corrias, London, and Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich/Vienna
Antonio Jose Guzman and Iva Jankovic, Messengers of the Sun, 2022, collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij
Hannah Ryggen, Blod i gresset (Blood in the Grass), 1966, wool and linen, 240 x 290 cm, Cosmin Costinas © Hannah Ryggen / DACS 2023. Photo: Kode / Dag Fosse
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Vêtement noir (Black Garment), 1968, sisal, iron and horsehair, 350 x 250 x 250 cm, collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam © Harold Strak, courtesy Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation
Billie Zangewa, Midnight Aura, 2012, hand-stitched silk collage, 100 x 94 cm, collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Courtesy Lehmann Maupin and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Tau Lewis, The Coral Reef Preservation Society, 2019, recycled fabrics and seashells, 457.2 x 584.2 cm, courtesy of the Love, Luck & Faith Foundation © Tau Lewis, courtesy the artist and Night Gallery, Los Angeles