In Unravel, artists from around the world present extraordinary artworks, from large-scale, colorful, and expressive installations to delicate and intimate pieces about love, resilience, power, and resistance. The group show features over a hundred works by 45 artists, including such famous names as Louise Bourgeois, Sheila Hicks, and Tracey Emin, but also younger artists like Antonio Pichilla from Guatemala.
THE EXHIBITION EXPLORES THE ROLE OF TEXTILES IN ART THROUGH SIX THEMES
Subversive Stitch touches on resistance to textiles as ‘women’s work,’ Fabric of Everyday Life is about personal stories and lived experiences. Borderlands shows works that deal with physical and invisible boundaries, while Bearing Witness features socio-political commentary. Wound and Repair carries textiles as a restorative and healing medium, and Ancestral Threads reveals the lives and techniques of ancestors and alternative knowledge systems through textiles.
