Jul
26
2010
Last summer Textile Museum of Canada presented Judy Chicago’s When Women Ruled the World, an exhibition covering 40 years of her art practice. Judy Chicago is shown as pioneer in many senses, resolving the stereotypes of female art, textile art, community art…., assaulting century-long models of aesthetics, patriarchal society and men-assigned monumentality.

Would God be Female? by Judy Chicago
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Aug
1
2009
Marija Mojca Pungercar is the founder of Socialdress clothing brand and workshop platform based on open source principles carried out in arts and crafts field.

Photo: Nada Zgank (c) + excerpt from Socialdress fabric
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