History of textile art at Textile Museum on Sept 28
07 Sep '07
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Collecting has played a central role in the shaping of art history as a discipline. Private Pleasures highlights this aspect of the discipline through the display of contemporary textile art drawn from private collections in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
The exhibition explores both the individual preferences of the collectors and presents the textiles as outstanding examples of the art form. This discussion will include the history of textile art from the mid-20th century to the present day and the genre's place in contemporary art history.
Featured artists include Olga de Amaral, Archie Brennan, Nick Cave, Nancy Crow, Lia Cook, Ritzi Jacobi, Michael James, Louise Nevelson, John McQueen, Jon Eric Riis, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Rossbach and Cynthia Schira, among others.
The exhibition is curated by Rebecca A. T. Stevens, The Textile Museum's Consulting Curator for Contemporary Textiles and accompanied by an evening lecture series funded by Eleanor T. and Samuel J. Rosenfeld.
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