Dialogues and Diversity this May in Discourse at browngrotta arts

In its Spring exhibition, Discourse: art across generations and continents (4 May - 12 May), browngrotta arts in Wilton, Connecticut, will celebrate the diversity of the fiber arts field, assembling a large and eclectic group of artworks that celebrate 50+ artists from 18 countries, who work with varied materials, and represent distinct artistic approaches. Included will be works from contemporary fiber art’s origins 60 years ago, current mixed media works and sculpture, and pieces created in the decades between. Discourse will place works in interesting conversations. The exhibition will offer viewers opportunities to draw comparisons and contrasts — to see myriad ways to shape perspectives on contemporary fiber art. 

Image: 7fs Knothole III, Shoko Fukuda, knotted paper, 4" x 8" x 4", 2023. Image above: 19bas Tracking Nasca Patterns, Jim Bassler, indigo dyed ikat tapestry, 63" x 32", 2006; linen, both the warp and parts of the weft, natural dark brown cotton from Guatemala, lighter brown cotton from Oaxaca, Coyuchi, a white handspun silk from Oaxaca where the silk worms feed off of native oak trees, and purple-dyed handspun cotton, Caracol. This dye comes from a sea snail that lives off the Pacific coast, on rocks, in Oaxaca. They go out in row boats with hanks of spun cotton. They milk the snails then put them back on the rocks.

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