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LOST IN LACE
‘If space has boundaries, is there another space outside those boundaries? (Tschumi 1990)’
Lost in Lace explores and develops the relationship between the magical, symbolic spaces associated with darkness, and the abstract, multidimensional spaces affiliated to emptiness. The work is large scale and created by an international grouping of artists, designers, and architects, referencing the 'projection of lace on space' (Araujo 2005).
The 20 participants represent a truly international cohort: Brazil, France, Finland, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Norway, Panama, UK, with the majority of the site-sensitive works created specially for the exhibition, including a spectacular 'Inverted Crystal Cathedral' from the architectural practice Atelier Manferdini, created from 1,000 kilos of crystal, 600 strands of which have been donated by Swarovsky.
The exhibition opened in the Gas Hall at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on October 29th 2011 and will run until February 19th 2012. There is a beautiful fully illustrated catalogue accompanying the exhibition - click here for an order form for the catalogue. Lesley Millar will give a curator's guided tour of the exhibition on Saturday December 10th 2011 and again on Saturday January 21st 2012. Both events will begin at 12 noon. There will be an international conference supporting the exhibition to be held in February 2012.
For further information about related events contact andy.horn@birmingham.gov.uk
The exhibition is supported by the Crafts Council of England through their 50:50 partnership award and through their Sparkplug award.
BITE-SIZE: miniature textiles from Japan and the UK
In 2011 it will be 10 years since the exhibition Textural Space was shown in this country and 15 years since the exhibition Revelation was shown. In celebration of this long lasting and continuously developing relationship between textile artists in the UK and Japan, I have organised the exhibition BITE-SIZE: miniature textiles from Japan and the UK. It features 51 of the artists from these two countries who have taken part in the various exchange projects over the 15 years. The exhibition opened at The Daiwa Anglo Japanese Foundation in London on October 31st and will run until December 14th 2011. It will then travel and be shown in Japan. This is a wonderful and unique opportunity to see the works of all these remarkable artists and designers together. The Opening was a wonderful re-union
Click here for an order form for the catalogue. Lesley Millar will be giving a talk about the background to the exhibition on December 6th 2011 at 4pm. For booking please visit: http://www.dajf.org.uk/exhibition/bite-sized-miniature-textiles-from-japan-and-the-uk
Web Gallery
Over the years I have received requests on at least a weekly basis
for information about the artists I have worked with. Whilst
I am happy to give this information, or pass details on, I realise
that the dissemination is totally dependent on me and my availability.
There is a resource here that, simply because the artists and
information are spread across various projects, has not been
developed. Therefore I have decided to bring all together as
an online gallery, which will serve as a world wide promotional
tool with all contacts automatically directed straight to the
artist.
The artists I have worked with form a very
particular focus and don’t represent all areas of textile practice, however this
can be used positively to create an identity, an affirmative platform
on which to build, and eventually I would hope to invite applications
for selection and inclusion, plus a section devoted to up and coming
practitioners.
The Gallery
has now been launched and is accessible
from the menu above
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News Archive
Previous news articles can be found
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CULTEX: textile as a cross-cultural language
CULTEX is a development of the project Through the Surface, this time focusing on textile practice in Japan and Norway.
For further information please visit the news archive page
HAPTIC FOCUS:
April – September, England and Scotland
For further information
on all of the Haptic Focus events please visit the
news archive page
Desconocida : Unknown
Exhibition at The Gallery UCA Epsom February
10th – March 20th 2009
A political art project, devised, organised
and performed by the Norwegian textile and performance artist Lise
Bjørne Linnert, highlighting women’s fight against
abuse, femicides and human trafficking.
For more about the Exhibition plese visit the news
archive page
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