Unravel
The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
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Cecilia Vicuña, Quipu Austral, 2012. Collection 49 Nord 6 Est - Frac Lorraine. In Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024. Photo: Peter Tijhuis
Cecilia Vicuña, Quipu Austral, 2012. Collection 49 Nord 6 Est - Frac Lorraine. In Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024. Photo: Peter Tijhuis
Cecilia Vicuña, Quipu Austral, 2012. Collection 49 Nord 6 Est - Frac Lorraine. In Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024. Photo: Peter Tijhuis
Installation view Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024. Photo: Peter Tijhuis
Installation view Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024. Photo: Peter Tijhuis
Sarah Zapata, To Teach or To Assume Authority, 2018-2019. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Acquired with the generous support of the participants of the VriendenLoterij and Young Stedelijk, 2021. In Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024. Photo: Peter Tijhuis
Tracey Emin, No chance (WHAT A YEAR), 1999. Private collection UK. Courtesy White Cube. © Tracey Emin, all rights reserved, DACS 2022. In Unravel - The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024. Photo: Peter Tijhuis.
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Vêtement noir (Black Garment), 1968. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. In Unravel - The Power and Politics of Textiels in Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024. Photo: Peter Tijhuis.
Left: Diedrick Brackens, fire makes some dragons, 2020. The Hudgins Family. Right: Louise Bourgeois, Arch of Hysteria, 2000. Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Paris, St. Moritz. In Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024. Photo: Peter Tijhuis
Tau Lewis, The Coral Reef Preservation Society, 2019. Courtesy of the Love, Luck & Faith Foundation. © Tau Lewis, courtesy the artist and Night Gallery, Los Angeles. In Unravel - the Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024. Photo: Peter Tijhuis
Installation view Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024. Photo: Peter Tijhuis
Igshaan Adams, installation Gebedswolke, 2021-2023 Courtesy of the artist and blank projects, Cape Town; Casey Kaplan, New York and Thomas Dane Gallery. In Unravel - The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2024. Photo: Peter Tijhuis.
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
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
Tracey Emin, No chance (WHAT A YEAR), 1999, appliqué blanket, 250 x 238 x 12 cm. Private collection. Courtesy White Cube © Tracey Emin, all rights reserved, DACS 2022. Photo: Stephen White
Judy Chicago, Birth Tear/Tear, 1982, embroidery on silk by Jane Gaddie Thompson, 52.1 x 69.9 x 3.8 cm. Collection 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
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
Elaborate:
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. Collection Kode Bergen Art Museum, Norway © Hannah Ryggen / DACS 2023. Photo: Dag Fosse
Magdalena Abakanowicz, Vêtement noir (Black Garment), 1968, sisal, iron and horsehair, 350 x 250 x 250 cm. Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Courtesy Abakanowicz Arts and Culture Charitable Foundation. Photo: Harold Strak
Billie Zangewa, Midnight Aura, 2012, hand-stitched silk collage, 100 x 94 cm, collection 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