The Golden Thread: A Fiber Art Exhibition
On view at Seaport, New York
April 26- May 12, 2024
BravinLee Programs is very pleased to present The Golden Thread: A Fiber Art Exhibition. The exhibition includes 61 artists and over 100 artworks, including 10 site-specific installations.
The Golden Thread: New Adventures in Textile Art by Christian Viveros-Fauné (excerpt):
A practice that encompasses embroidery, tapestry, quilting, carpet design, and much, much more, textile art has undergone a renaissance over the past century. Artists of all types and from every corner of the planet have pushed hard on what can be termed textile, and even harder on the ways in which textile can be considered art. Once marginalized from the hidebound concept of “fine art” because of its functional origins, textile art now appears poised to take advantage of its previous outsider status—principally by asking questions of art’s presumed hierarchies.
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Image: Orly Cogan, “Confections” (ongoing 2006-2024), all handcrafted mixed media fiber-based material, dimensions variable.
A table is laden with an embroidered pink tablecloth, upon which sit cakes and cupcakes in various shades of pink, white, and yellow, all handcrafted from fiber materials.
