Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction
Lynne Cooke
(Editor)
Description
Richly illustrated volume exploring the inseparable histories of modernist abstraction and twentieth-century textiles. Published on the occasion of an exhibition curated by Lynne Cooke, Woven Histories offers a fresh and authoritative look at textiles--particularly weaving--as a major force in the evolution of abstraction. This richly illustrated volume features more than fifty creators whose work crosses divisions and hierarchies formerly segregating the fine arts from the applied arts and handicrafts. Woven Histories begins in the early twentieth century, rooting the abstract art of Sophie Taeuber-Arp in the applied arts and handicrafts, then features the interdisciplinary practices of Anni Albers, Sonia Delaunay, Liubov Popova, Varvara Stepanova, and others who sought to effect social change through fabrics for furnishings and apparel. Over the century, the intersection of textiles and abstraction engaged artists from Ed Rossbach, Kay Sekimachi, Ruth Asawa, Lenore Tawney, and Sheila Hicks to Rosemarie Trockel, Ellen Lesperance, Jeffrey Gibson, Igshaan Adams, and Liz Collins, whose textile-based works continue to shape this discourse. Including essays by distinguished art historians as well as reflections from contemporary artists, this ambitious project traces the intertwined histories of textiles and abstraction as vehicles through which artists probe urgent issues of our time. Product Details
Price
$65.00
$60.45
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Publish Date
October 10, 2023
Pages
292
Dimensions
9.2 X 10.4 X 2.0 inches | 3.35 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780226827292
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Lynne Cooke is senior curator of special projects in modern art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. Her work has been published in Burlington Magazine and Artforum, as well as in numerous exhibition catalogs and books. The catalog for her National Gallery of Art exhibition Outliers and American Vanguard Art was also copublished by the University of Chicago Press.