Monthly Archives: May 2017

In yesterday's post we analysed an artist making a comment through a textile-based installation at the Venice Biennale about Mexican traditions and Spanish colonialism. Let's look instead today at Teresa Lanceta, a Spanish artist who has explored the power of traditional … Continue reading →

Eleven woven samples of colourful textile rugs made with a pre-Hispanic traditional technique stand on cantera rock plinths; a few of them look like flags, but don't seem to have the strength or the energy to weave in the wind, … Continue reading →

A long strip of white fabric hangs in the Pavilion of the Common, a section dedicated to artists exploring the notion of the common world and the way to build a community to counter individualism and self-interests, inside the Arsenale … Continue reading →

Around one year ago we looked at an exhibition in London of Abdoulaye Konaté's colourful and layered textile based works. As you may remember from that post, this artist mainly produces large scale tapestry-like pieces made with a hand-embroidered layered … Continue reading →

Quite a few artists included in the 57th International Art Exhibition in Venice integrate in their work fabrics, textiles or garments. We have recently explored the work of Heidi Bucher who created paintings with discarded underwear, but Senga Nengudi also employs in … Continue reading →

Let's continue the thread about representations of the female body at the 57th International Art Exhibition in Venice by exploring the work of Heidi Bucher (1926-1993). The German-Swiss artist used everyday objects as main material and transformed them to interpret … Continue reading →

Female sexuality and the power of the female body are at the moment under the spotlight: they have indeed recently appeared in topics of debate going from the terrorist attack at the end of Ariana Grande's Manchester show on Monday night … Continue reading →

Ballet fans know that, whenever there is a festive atmosphere on stage, there is also the chance to see quite amazing costumes inspired by cakes and candies. When the Prince escorts Clara to the Land of Sweets in "The Nutcracker", … Continue reading →

Up until a few decades ago provocation in fashion was embodied by garments that revealed too much skin and were therefore relegated under the "indecent" or "immoral" category. In a way, though, items such as extremely short mini-skirts or Rudi Gernreich's monokini … Continue reading →

We started the week by exploring the work of a Korean artist recycling and recombining bits and pieces of traditional pottery. Let's continue the thread by looking at Maha Malluh, another artist who works along these lines. This artist usually … Continue reading →