Tangled Web: Weaving as a Conceptual Practice
Current exhibition
Overview
Lenore Tawney
Way, 1976
linen weaving
40 x 29 in
101.6 x 73.7 cm
Courtesy of University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Penny Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser
101.6 x 73.7 cm
Courtesy of University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Penny Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser
Weaving is one of humanity's oldest creative practices, and one of the richest mythologically, metaphorically, and aesthetically. This group exhibition teases out themes of form, language, and storytelling in works by Miguel Arzabe, Beto De Volder, Ricki Dwyer, Terri Friedman, Gego, Trude Guermonprez, Porfirio Gutiérrez, Channing Hansen, Andrea Higgins, Ruth Laskey, Dinh Q. Lê, Emil Lukas, Michelle Yi Martin, Christy Matson, Sandra Monterroso, Driss Ouadahi, Kay Sekimachi, Lenore Tawney, Susie Taylor, and Deborah Valoma.
Works
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Andrea HigginsRitual, 1999oil on canvas60 x 45 1/2 in
152.4 x 115.6 cm -
Andrea HigginsPat, 2007oil on canvas32 1/2 x 40 in
82.5 x 101.6 cm -
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Kay SekimachiRiver, c. 1971multi-harness monofilament weaving, black and natural monofilament, black and clear glass beads72 x 4 x 2 in
182.9 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm
In the collection of Joyce Ertel Hulbert -
Kay SekimachiTeaching Board, SUMMER AND WINTERcotton weaving, paper, paperboard, ink17 x 11 3/4 in
43.2 x 29.8 cm -
Kay SekimachiTeaching Board, PROJECT PLACEMATScotton, jute and linen weaving, paper, paperboard, ink12 x 17 1/2 in
30.5 x 44.5 cm -
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Trude GuermonprezSilhouettes, 1970linen; double weave, stenciled33 x 23 in
83.8 x 58.4 cm -
Anonymous (Early Nazca, South Coastal Peru)Untitled (stepped and spiral motifs), Fusion Epoch 800-1300woven cotton, patchwork tie-dye15 x 11 1/4 in
38.1 x 28.6 cm -
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Kay SekimachiVariations on a Camels Girth Study, 1976cotton; split-ply twining10 x 9 in
25.4 x 22.9 cm -
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Lenore TawneyWay, 1976linen weaving40 x 29 in
101.6 x 73.7 cm
Courtesy of University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive; Gift of Penny Cooper and Rena Rosenwasser
