To Weave the Sky: Textile Abstractions from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection celebrates numerous textile-based works from the Pérez collection – many of which have never been publicly exhibited before – and engages these acquisitions as focal points from which to structure creative dialogues with artworks presented in other mediums. In addition to works by Gene, Helen, Etel and other painters, Magdalena is included as an example of fiber arts.
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Woodstock Artists Association is host to Kathy’s Catch, Cover, Carry, which incorporates objects and themes associated with domestic life and labor, intimations of bed and body, and capacity to carry, cover and protect, through August.
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Julie at Hyperallergic has words about Weaving Abstraction at the Met which pays tribute to the designs and technical innovations of long-ago weavers and the 20th-century artists who took inspiration from them. The exhibit includes work by Lenore (posthumously) along with Sheila and some of the women of Bauhaus. Because of her unorthodox weaving methods, Tawney was spurned by both the craft and art worlds, but her distinct style attracted many devoted admirers (More).
#lenoretawney
Interweaving modernism, folk tradition, and arts and crafts, Natasza Niedziolka knits and embroiders large works filled with bold colors and shapes. While her techniques are traditional and domestic, Niedziolka’s work is distinctly contemporary, merging modernist abstraction with the textile tradition.
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has an amazing exhibit up at the Bechtler. If you are in the Charlotte area any time soon I highly recommend it. The artist and her longtime assistant, Jillian Glass Braganza, dress a loom with silk yarn, a task that can take weeks for larger works. These threads, called the warp, will remain stationary on the loom during the weaving, but first, they are placed over the schematic drawing and soaked with water. Using fiber-reactive silk dyes, Jónsson either pours liquid in her desired colors onto the threads or dabs it on with a brush. While the warp threads are drying, Jónsson soaks and paints the weft threads, which will be drawn through and inserted over and under the warp, to run perpendicular along the length of the textile. When all the threads are dry, weft meets warp bit by bit on the loom, slowly bringing Jónsson’s painting into being.
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#hildurasgeirsdottirojnsson
Elizabeth Frazzare at Artsy says abstract weaving is having a moment (and explains why she thinks so). She gives a nod to Liz (and covers Melissa and the women of Bauhaus obviously).
#lizcollins
Michael at Two Coats has words about Caroline’s “compelling in-betweenness” – a commentary on her very unique process that involves found materials.
#carolineburton
is currently in Contemporary Muslim Art of North Carolina at VAE (which all Triangle locals should see if you haven’t). About her work, Hiba says “I stitch as an expressive art form so much of my embroidery is inspired by my identity, my faith, and my beliefs. Many of my pieces are centered around incorporating various traditional stitching techniques into contemporary designs. This piece, which I’ve titled ‘peace in all things big and small’, is the word ‘salaam’ (meaning ‘peace’) represented in Kufic style Arabic calligraphy and cross-stitched in a repetitive pattern in various sizes to illustrate a prayer for peace in all things, both big and small.”
#hibachohan
Kristina Kay Robinson at Burnaway considers the codices of decolonization in Ana Hernandez: Color of Clouds at Other Plans in NOLA.
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Hyperallergic says Dyani’s newest at Various Small Fires is one of 10 Art shows to see in Los Angeles in December (2023). Her mixed media works incorporate beadwork and painting, referencing both Native American traditional art forms alongside European and American modernisms. In doing so, she highlights the influence that Indigenous aesthetics have had on Western art, specifically geometric abstraction.
#dyaniwhitehawk
Burnaway gives the Atlanta-based Mitchell the mic to explore her textile-based work and the role of memory and fragility in her practice.
#kellytaylormitchell
Two Coats of Paint featured below in the email version of their October Hudson Valley Selected Gallery Guide- Kyle’s work is up for auction as part of Artists for Pride, Benefiting the Ali Forney Center . To be fair, some of his work has images (including below) and he also does installation and fashion work.
#kylemeyer
Painting After Art is Dead 