TEXTILE PRACTICES

Description

Textiles are an integral part of our daily lives, and designing them is still a typically female métier. In this illustrated publication, Stephanie Kahnau presents 40 female textile designers of the 20th and 21st centuries and their outstanding and individual approaches to their medium. The stances presented grant access to the concept, technique, and function of textiles from different positions. For textile practices can take many forms: from a single “line”— the thread — structures ranging from flat to expansive emerge. Not only do they embrace our bodies, protect and clothe them; our bodies also embrace them: we become absorbed in their structured spaces and immerse ourselves in their visual appearance.
This publication presents multiple perspectives on this fascinating medium at the interface between functionality and aesthetics.

Artists: Magdalena Abakanowicz, Caroline Achaintre, Elfi Baumgartner, Otti Berger, Emma Dahlqvist, Sofie Dawo, Lucienne Day, Pauline van Dongen, Annette Douglas, Mae Engelgeer, Christiane Englsberger, Cécile Feilchenfeldt, Hanne Friis, Elsi Giauque, Sofía Guridi, Julia Heuer, Rebekah Johnston, Hella Jongerius, Stephanie Kahnau, Soojin Kang, Marianne Kemp, Sonnhild Kestler, Constanza Camila Kramer Garfias, Alfhild Külper, Aurélia Leblanc, Karen Modrei, Emilie Palle Holm, Zoé Pignolet, Noushin Redjaian, Julia Ribic, Belén Rodríguez, Larissa Schepers, Joana Schneider, Sabrina Stadlober, Katja Stelz, Gunta Stölzl, threadstories, Zuzana Vrábel’ová, Iga Węglińska, Lara Wernert – 13RUGS

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Manufacturer: arnoldsche Art Publishers, Olgastrasse 137, 70180 Stuttgart, Germany
Contact: art@arnoldsche.com