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Kay Sekimachi, White Hanging Sculpture, 1968, Nylon monofilament

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Kay Sekimachi, Nagare VII (1970)

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Woven Histories

Textiles and Modern Abstraction

Production by Brad Ireland and Christina Wiginton, Editing by Magda Nakassis,

National Gallery of Art, Washington copublished by The University of Chicago Press, 2023, 284 pages, ISBN 978-0-226-82729-2

euro 65,00

email if you want to buy booksinprogressmilano@yahoo.it

Exhibition dates : Los Angeles County Museum Art 2023, Washington Nat.Gall.Art 2024, Ottawa Nat.Gall.Canada 2024,New York MoMA 2025

Richly illustrated volume exploring the inseparable histories of modernist abstraction and twentieth-century textiles.   Published on the occasion of an exhibition curated by Lynne Cooke, Woven Histories offers a fresh and authoritative look at textiles—particularly weaving—as a major force in the evolution of abstraction. This richly illustrated volume features more than fifty creators whose work crosses divisions and hierarchies formerly segregating the fine arts from the applied arts and handicrafts.   Woven Histories begins in the early twentieth century, rooting the abstract art of Sophie Taeuber-Arp in the applied arts and handicrafts, then features the interdisciplinary practices of Anni Albers, Sonia Delaunay, Liubov Popova, Varvara Stepanova, and others who sought to effect social change through fabrics for furnishings and apparel. Over the century, the intersection of textiles and abstraction engaged artists from Ed Rossbach, Kay Sekimachi, Ruth Asawa, Lenore Tawney, and Sheila Hicks to Rosemarie Trockel, Ellen Lesperance, Jeffrey Gibson, Igshaan Adams, and Liz Collins, whose textile-based works continue to shape this discourse. Including essays by distinguished art historians as well as reflections from contemporary artists, this ambitious project traces the intertwined histories of textiles and abstraction as vehicles through which artists probe urgent issues of our time.

24/12/23

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Kay Sekimachi, “Study for Crossed-Warp Effect,” 1980s. Linen, dye; four-layer continuous-weft weave and crossed warp on an eight-harness loom, dimensions variable.

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Kay Sekimachi

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Kay Sekimachi | Ikat Shadow Box

[via Metropolitan Museum of Art]

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In 2014, tech leader and burgeoning art collector Komal Shah's "eyes were opened to what she described as vast inequities faced by women artists in market prices, museum acquisitions and overall visibility in the art world." ⁠ ⁠ She has since assembled one of the most notable collections in America. "Made predominantly by generations of women working in abstraction, from the mid-20th-century artists Joan Mitchell and Lenore Tawney to the young contemporary painters Firelei Báez and Jadé Fadojutimi, the collection isn’t obviously about gender. Rather, it embodies a feminist perspective through its bold expressiveness."⁠ ⁠ Read more about Ms. Shah, the collection and the superb forthcoming 432-page catalog, 'Making Their Mark: Art by Women in the Shah Garg Collection,' in this @nytimes feature by @hilariesheets via linkinbio⁠ ⁠ 'Making Their Mark: Art by Women in the Shah Garg Collection' is published by @gregoryrmiller⁠ ⁠ Edited with text and interview by Mark Godfrey, Katy Siegel. ⁠ Text by Daniel Belasco, Glenn Adamson, David J. Getsy, Kirsty Bell, Jessica Bell Brown, Gloria Sutton, Kevin Beasley, Charles Gaines, Lyle Ashton Harris, Jacqueline Humphries, Allison Katz, Helen Marten, Laura Owens, Tschabalala Self, Christina Quarles, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Joyce J. Scott, Kay Sekimachi, Mary Weatherford, Aria Dean, Kay WalkingStick.⁠ ⁠ @komalshahgarg @markgodfrey1973 @katysiegel.88 #makingtheirmark #shahgarg #shahgargcollection https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGFkuRuFp6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Fiber artist #KaySekimachi works on a loom in her Berkeley studio on May 10, 2021.

Photography by #KellySullivan

Happy 98 Birthday! 🌺❤️🎁✨🎂🎉

#bornonthisday Kay Sekimachi (born Sep 30, 1926) is an American fiber artist and weaver, best known for her three-dimensional woven monofilament hangings as well as her intricate baskets and bowls. Via Wikipedia

Read also: Berkeley’s Kay Sekimachi weaves her way to solo show at BAMPFA (2021)

https://www.berkeleyside.org/2021/05/23/berkeleys-kay-sekimachi-94-weaves-her-way-to-solo-show-at-bampfa

Often referred to as a “weaver’s weaver,” the Berkeley fiber artist first learned her way around the loom while attending California College of the Arts and Crafts in the late 1940s.

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Artist: Kay Sekimachi

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Kay Sekimachi Collections. Photograph by Leslie Williamson

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Kay Sekimachi, Ogawa II, 1969, Nylon monofilament

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Kay Sekimachi, Ogawa II, 1969,

Nylon monofilament, glass beads, clear plastic tubes. 

Forrest L. Merrill Collection / © Kay Sekimachi

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Kay Sekimachi

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Beige Tans with Bark by Kay Sekimachi

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Kay Sekimachi’s woven nylon sculptures

Amiyose III / Ogawa II

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Kay Sekimachi stole my heart.

https://craftcouncil.org/magazine/article/weaving-sea