Threads: Breathing Stories Into Materials
"Threads, a major exhibition featuring 21 contemporary international artists and makers, who use textiles as their chosen medium, co - curated by Alice Kettle.
Celebrating material and making, these artists use the storytelling power of textiles to connect with past traditions, find commonalities between cultures, time and place, and to 鈥榖reathe stories into materials鈥�.
Threads encompasses processes of weaving and spinning, rug-making, stitching and embroidery, print, knit, threading, mending and found materials, with materials and techniques handed down, reused and reinvented.
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"Threads, a major exhibition featuring 21 contemporary international artists and makers, who use textiles as their chosen medium, co - curated by Alice Kettle.
Celebrating material and making, these artists use the storytelling power of textiles to connect with past traditions, find commonalities between cultures, time and place, and to 鈥榖reathe stories into materials鈥�.
Threads encompasses processes of weaving and spinning, rug-making, stitching and embroidery, print, knit, threading, mending and found materials, with materials and techniques handed down, reused and reinvented.
Artists on show
- Alice Kettle
- Anna Perach
- Anousha Payne
- Anya Paintsil
- Caroline Achaintre
- Celia Pym
- David Penny
- Esna Su
- Farwa Moledina
- Ibrahim Mahama
- Ifeoma Anyaeji
- Lubaina Himid
- Lucy Orta
- Monika Zaltauskaite-Grasiene
- Mounira Al Solh
- Olga de Amaral
- Raisa Kabir
- Richard McVetis
- Will Cruickshank
- Yinka Shonibare
- Young-In Hong
