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Active Threads

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Active Threads?, the book accompanying the eponymous exhibition, is devoted to the political aspects inherent in contemporary textile art. Eight artists challenge the often-cited metaphor of the social fabric. They address social ruptures, geopolitical conflicts, overt post-colonial wounds, along with examples of civil protest and motifs of fan culture. In-depth essays and extensive texts on all participating artists describe the role textiles can play as catalysts of social and cultural processes.00Exhibition: KAI 10 ARTHENA FOUNDATION, Düsseldorf, Germany (08.05. - 19.09.2021).

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Active Threads, Marion Eisele

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2021
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Title
Active Threads
Language
English, German
Publisher
VfmK
Released
2021
Format
Paperback
Pages
144
ISBN10
3903796433
ISBN13
9783903796430
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Active Threads?, the book accompanying the eponymous exhibition, is devoted to the political aspects inherent in contemporary textile art. Eight artists challenge the often-cited metaphor of the social fabric. They address social ruptures, geopolitical conflicts, overt post-colonial wounds, along with examples of civil protest and motifs of fan culture. In-depth essays and extensive texts on all participating artists describe the role textiles can play as catalysts of social and cultural processes.00Exhibition: KAI 10 ARTHENA FOUNDATION, Düsseldorf, Germany (08.05. - 19.09.2021).