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.

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