Tag: embroidery

  • Feminist visions in Balinese art

    Feminist visions in Balinese art

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    Eva-Maria Sanchez
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    A reflection on Into Eternal Land, the first UK exhibition by Balinese artist Citra Sasmita at The Curve, Barbican Centre. Drawing on mythology, ancestral techniques, and a feminist perspective, the exhibition reinterprets Balinese tradition to place women at the center of a post-patriarchal world.

  • The creative potential of textiles in art

    The creative potential of textiles in art

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    Eva-Maria Sanchez
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    Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art at the Barbican Art Gallery in London brings together over 100 works by 50 international artists. Spanning the 1960s to today, the exhibition explores textiles as a powerful artistic medium—examining weaving, stitching, and fibre as tools for storytelling, resistance, and cultural memory.