TEXTILE NOW - EVERY THREAD TELLS A STORY
Textile Now is an exciting and colourful showcase of new commissions from twelve well-known and emerging artists. The TextielLab’s knowledgable technicians and high-tech equipment was used to realise their intentions. It is the Raison d'être of the museum to inspire artists to discover and work with textile materials and for some it was their first experience.
Image: patricia kaersenhout together with weaving expert Stef Miero in the TextielLab, working on 'Our Light Will Outlast Their Flags', photo: Josefina Eikenaar.
The artists translated social themes, including diversity, the environment, power structures and decolonisation, into installations and tapestries rich in poetry and imaginative power. Many artists have first-or second-generation immigrant backgrounds, so there was a rich international influence and inspiration from Africa and South America. Evident in Karo Ak-pokiere’s “drawings” about daily life in Nigeria’s megapolis Lagos.
Image: patricia kaersenhout together with weaving expert Stef Miero in the TextielLab, working on 'Our Light Will Outlast Their Flags', photo: Josefina Eikenaar.
The artists translated social themes, including diversity, the environment, power structures and decolonisation, into installations and tapestries rich in poetry and imaginative power. Many artists have first-or second-generation immigrant backgrounds, so there was a rich international influence and inspiration from Africa and South America. Evident in Karo Ak-pokiere’s “drawings” about daily life in Nigeria’s megapolis Lagos.
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