fiberart – Page 6 – Painting After Art is Dead

Mimi Jung

Two Coats gallery guide (which I love to read and feel jealous of all of you who live in NYC) notes The Subsuming Ellipse at Carvalho Park. The work is fiber-based.
#mimijung

Annie May Young

Posting about Rosie recently made me realize that I should look into the quilting “movement” from Gee’s Bend. This article has some more context on the medium’s recent impacts.

#anniemayyoung

(also, and, for those interested in movements in material art here’s the post I did on the women of Bauhaus)

Ibrahim Mahama

Artforum notes an online solo exhibition at White Cube of recent jute sack paintings by Ibrahim Mahama. “In these works, Mahama continues his interrogation of the principle that by engaging with the failures of the past it is possible to ignite new value systems for the future. By so doing, there is the potential to engender economic change that would lead to labor reforms. Produced in his native Ghana with the help of “collaborators,” the jute sacks from which the paintings are created point to histories of trade and commerce and the personal stories of their handlers…”

#ibrahimmahama

Caroline Achaintre

In Caroline one-person exhibition at Fondazione Giuliani, watercolor, ceramic, bamboo, and wool are the protagonists of a narrative that seems to emerge from the viscera of creative expression. The French-born artist’s works take possession of the gallery space like three-dimensional biomorphic entities, even when simply hung on the walls like paintings.

#carolineachaintre

Rosie Lee Tompkin

Rosie’s textiles offer windows into other worlds.

#rosieleetompkin

Artsy says Ethan is one to watch– easy to imagine these works “characterized by their meditative, process-focused qualities and limited color palettes” have a physicality that pictures can not capture.

#ethancook

Myra Greene

Artforum has words about Myra’s current series of textually deep work that underscores, I think, the potential of non-representational work to carry potent symbolism:

“Piecework refers to labor paid according to the number of items produced rather than the amount of time spent on the job. Often associated with the ruthless economic exploitation of the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, this system …is sadly making a comeback—thanks to its versatility in allowing employers to get around minimum-wage and other labor laws…”

#myragreene

Ann Cathrin November Høibo

Was reading the print edition of Artforum when the image below grabbed me. Which lead to reading this interesting interview about the themes that- like the disparate materials she uses- are woven, literally, into her work.

#anncathrinnovemberhøibo

Ruth Root

Ruth popped into my field of view recently because #hannahturpin curated her show at the #carnegiemuseumofart.

#ruthroot

Samantha Bittman

Interesting post by Artsy, which is where I peeped Samantha. Trudy has def caught my eye before, too.

#samanthatbittman

Brent Wadden

I’ve posted on fiber work before. Interesting to see it on my radar again so soon. Lots to read and some other shows and artists I will be looking at. Enjoy.

#brentwadden

Women of Bauhaus

#tbt

Not surprising given its genesis in the 20s to read in this show review of the (not only) marginalization but exploitation of the women of Bauhaus.

#bauhaus #womenartists #earlymodernism

Barbara Campbell Thomas

NC-based, Two Coats likes her newest show at the Painting Center.

#barbaracampbellthomas

Sarah Crowner

A friend sent me this interesting article from Vogue. I’ve been following Sarah’s brand of reinvigorated Modernism on Instagram so it was nice to have an excuse to learn a little more about her, especially that she does ceramic work using tile in addition to work with the American Ballet Theater. Glad to see talent having a deserved cultural moment.

#sarahcrowner

Tag: fiberart