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The exhibition '‘cloth and culture now'
will open at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in early 2008
and
then tour in the UK and to participating countries. The exhibition
will feature the work of 18 contemporary textile artists from Estonia,
Finland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, and the UK. These artists are
amongst the 36 artists who have taken part in the research project
'Transition and Influence', a project that has investigated
the links between contemporary textile practice, strong traditional
practice
and overlapping global influences.
Each of the selected artists will make
new work for the exhibition reflecting the social, political
and utilitarian history of textile
within the context of shifting experiences of culture and tradition.
These works will include the contemporary use of traditional techniques
and materials – knit, tapestry, embroidery, explorations
of new materials and technology, large architectural installations,
performance work, video, narrative based textiles, decorative textiles.
Visit the Cloth
& Culture NOW site
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