It’s been a while since I was writing about textile art – but recently Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto took me to some new horizons of art that simultaneously goes for aesthetic and engaged. His latest exhibition ‘The Edges of the World’ has just been opened in Hayward Gallery in Southbank Centre in London, and created specifically for this occasion.
Ernesto Neto, Horizon of events III, detail
Body Pixel’s friend eTextile Fashionista or, as one blogger entitled her lately – Neuro Fashion artist, Lynne Bruning invites you to show your wearable technology work at the eTextile Fashion Show, which is going to be on view on 22nd of May in Fiesta Hall Stage, in San Mateo – California.
Kristin Neidlinger: Galvanic Extimacy Responder
Barcelona is in the spot – Silja Puranen is mastering with her textile art. From 18th March till 20th April, at La Galeria, you can see witty but sever perspectives on human relations of this extraordinary Finnish artist.
She’s attracting and attacking at the same time, enjoy it! Stay tuned, hopefully she’s coming at Body Pixel for a chat on world in-wrought in her textile art!
Tatooed Lady, Silja Puranen
Ivana Podnar is a ready made textile artist who plays with textile and fibre practically her whole life. Although many girls sew clothes for their dolls during the childhood (I have to admit, it’s a rather rare phenomenon nowadays), only few of them stick to sewing for the whole life.
Ready made shirt made of old stockings by Ivana Podnar
Artservis workshops were initiated as the idea of socially engaged art that stepped out of the white box. To be precise, workshop did not completely abandoned art institutions cause they were taking place in museum or gallery space, but they absorbed street public within its frame. All of a sudden you had sacred art rooms filled with crowd that brought old clothes yearning after an art touch.
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