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Fiber at Snyderman
If you’re still thinking there’s a big divide between art and crafts, the 7th International Fiber Biennial will set you straight. Much of the work reflects social and artistic concerns and all of it is beautifully made. The exhibit, at Snyderman Gallery, features fiber art from 61 artists, who come from as far away as Denmark and Korea, with 15 of them from the Philadelphia area. Among my favorites are two pieces about America’s long-term contentious issue–race. One is from a white artist, one from an African American artist, and as always, the subject is loaded with feelings.
The fab fiber four: the second stitch
This is the second of two posts on some fiber exhibits I saw. Here’s the first one. 6th International Fiber BiennialSnyderman/Works Galleries About 100 artists from far and wide were selected for this exhibit, now in its 6th year, curated by Snyderman Gallery director/exhibition curator, Bruce Hoffman. This show is the seed from which the full extravaganza of fiber exhibits in Philadelphia grew. The range of materials and methods is as astounding as ever, from quilted film to plastic discs arranged in a grid to suggest the grid of woven fabric. The craftsmanship was uniformly outstanding. Here’s what I found ... More » »
New Pew Fellows!
photo from SchmidtDean Gallery And the winners of the 12 $50,000 Pew fellowships to Philly-area artists are: Charles Anderson choreography King Britt music compositionNicole Cousineau choreographyFritz Dietel craftEd Bing Lee craftGerald Levinson music compositionAdelaide Paul craftPeter Paulsen music compositionJamey Robinson music compositionKate Watson-Wallace choreographyDorothy Wilkie choreographyJulie York craft Ed Bing Lee, Scarlet, Tangerine, Royal, Citron, Olive, 2004. knotted linen. Photo from Snyderman Gallery Five of the recipients were first-time applicants. The winners were selected from nearly 200 artists working in the areas of choreography, craft, and music composition. The 2007 fellowships mark the 16th year of the Pew Fellowships in ... More » »
Put a stitch in your time–Philly Fiber Arts Month 2006
Deer Head Doily by Shannon Robinson, doily and machine stitching, 2005 This year digital processes have taken over in the world of fiber and in quilts, but it almost seems irrelevant to me, except that warps and woofs talk especially loudly to the weavers and quilters and beaders who think in pixilated grids. For the most part, the digi stuff is just a tool and a process. (Of course fiber folks are process crazy, just like print folks, and some of these artists are both.) What’s relevant are the beauty and variety, and the input into the Contemporary Art conversation. ... More » »
