“UNRAVELED: CONFRONTING THE FABRIC OF FIBER ART” OPENS AT THE UNTITLED SPACE

Click to view a slideshow of images from the opening reception

On April 17th, The Untitled Space celebrated the opening of their latest group show “UNRAVELED: Confronting The Fabric Of Fiber Art” with a reception at the gallery in Tribeca, NY from 1-8 pm.  Artists and guests were able to enjoy viewing in person the exhibition of over 40 artists who work in textile and fiber-based mediums. The show explores in depth the themes and techniques of fiber art through the works of female-identifying artists working with natural and synthetic fiber, fabric, and yarn. Figurative and abstract works that address our lived experience and history through the lens of women weaving, knotting, twining, plaiting, coiling, pleating, lashing, and interlacing are juxtaposed throughout the gallery. Narratives of self-identification, race, religion, gender, sexuality, our shared experience, as well as protest and the patriarchy are literally “unraveled” through embroidery, felt, woven and hooked rugs, braided and sewn hair, sewn fabrics, discarded clothing, cross-stitching, repurposed materials and more.

Exhibiting artists include: Amber Doe, Carol Scavotto, Caroline Wayne, Christy O’Connor, Daniela Puliti, Delaney Conner, Dominique Vitali, Elise Drake, Elizabeth Miller, Hera Haesoo Kim, Indira Cesarine, Jamia Weir, Jeila Gueramian, Jody MacDonald, Julia Brandão, Kathy Sirico, Katie Cercone, Katie Commodore, Katrina Majkut, Katy Itter, Kelly Boehmer, Linda Friedman Schmidt, Lisa Federici, Marianne Fairbanks, Mary Tooley Parker, Melanie Fischer, Melissa Zexter, Mychaelyn Michalec, Mz Icar, Orly Cogan, Robin Kang, Rosemary Meza-DesPlas, Ruta Naujalyte, Sally Hewett, Sarah Blanchette, Sooo-z Mastropietro, Sophie Boggis-Rolfe, Stacy Isenbarger, Stephanie Eche, Victoria Selbach, and Winnie van der Rijn.

“UNRAVELED: Confronting the Fabric of Fiber Art explores the new wave of female-identifying artists who are using materials ranging from thread and yarn to human hair, fabrics, and discarded clothing, among a range of other components to unravel the “language of thread” with works that provoke and interrogate. Whether drawn from a deeply personal narrative, or rooted in political motivation, each artist weaves, spins, sews, and hooks the viewer with their detailed and intricate textures that communicate and empower. The exhibition presents two and three-dimensional pieces that explore with gravity and humor our contemporary culture, its beauty, flaws, and idiosyncrasies through murals, assemblages, fragile and gestural threads, meditative, and metaphorical fibers. UNRAVELED: Confronting the Fabric of Fiber Art pushes the boundaries, investigates ancient as well as new materials and techniques, and presents a contemporary universe of the language of women and their interwoven, progressive vocabulary.” – Curator Indira Cesarine

Read more about the exhibition here.

Opening reception images by Mikhail Torich for The Untitled Magazine.

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