Pricked: Extreme Embroidery
Belated update on some things:
went into NYC a little while back by bus with my friend Selima to see the Pricked: Extreme Embroidery show at the Museum of Art and Design. My friend Orly Cogan has one of her whimsical and beautiful large pieces in it, Paul Villinsky who also shows at my gallery in Chelsea had a great big black winged piece in it (made of gloves) and there were many many interesting artists whose work I had never seen. Selima and I both lust and experiment with fiber art and craft and were totally inspired and refreshed by this show.Go see it if you can! My favorite was the series by Andrea Dezsö called Lessons from My Mother. You must see ALL of these if you can at the museum, there are many many of them. oh they are so perfectly illustrated and funny!
from the website:
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery
November 8, 2007 - April 27, 2008
"Samplers, table cloths, tea towels, and party dresses often spring to mind when the word “embroidery” is invoked, but the forty-eight international artists highlighted in Pricked: Extreme Embroidery tell a very different story. Pricked is the Museum of Arts & Design’s latest exploration into how centuries-old handcraft traditions are rejuvenated in the mainstream of contemporary art and design. The artists are both men and women from 17 countries as diverse as Romania, Egypt, Wales, Mexico and the Netherlands, as well as the U.S. (For a complete list of artists in the exhibition, click here.)
Chosen to showcase the diversity of approaches to this standard needleworking technique, the works in Pricked: Extreme Embroidery also convey powerful and personal content that ranges from subjective dreams and diaries to controversial politics in today’s world. The works are individually arresting, provocative, satirical, and humorous....MORE
Inspired, I've been playing with embroidering my micro-organisms on the tiniest embroidery hoop I've ever seen. hee. late-night crafty obsession fun.:)
went into NYC a little while back by bus with my friend Selima to see the Pricked: Extreme Embroidery show at the Museum of Art and Design. My friend Orly Cogan has one of her whimsical and beautiful large pieces in it, Paul Villinsky who also shows at my gallery in Chelsea had a great big black winged piece in it (made of gloves) and there were many many interesting artists whose work I had never seen. Selima and I both lust and experiment with fiber art and craft and were totally inspired and refreshed by this show.Go see it if you can! My favorite was the series by Andrea Dezsö called Lessons from My Mother. You must see ALL of these if you can at the museum, there are many many of them. oh they are so perfectly illustrated and funny!
from the website:
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery
November 8, 2007 - April 27, 2008
"Samplers, table cloths, tea towels, and party dresses often spring to mind when the word “embroidery” is invoked, but the forty-eight international artists highlighted in Pricked: Extreme Embroidery tell a very different story. Pricked is the Museum of Arts & Design’s latest exploration into how centuries-old handcraft traditions are rejuvenated in the mainstream of contemporary art and design. The artists are both men and women from 17 countries as diverse as Romania, Egypt, Wales, Mexico and the Netherlands, as well as the U.S. (For a complete list of artists in the exhibition, click here.)
Chosen to showcase the diversity of approaches to this standard needleworking technique, the works in Pricked: Extreme Embroidery also convey powerful and personal content that ranges from subjective dreams and diaries to controversial politics in today’s world. The works are individually arresting, provocative, satirical, and humorous....MORE
Inspired, I've been playing with embroidering my micro-organisms on the tiniest embroidery hoop I've ever seen. hee. late-night crafty obsession fun.:)