BROWNGROTTA ARTS' SPRING EXHIBITION: ACCLAIM!
Image: Untitled Columnar, Olga de Amaral, cotton, wool, horsehair (reconstructed) 83.375” x 22”, 1970s. Image courtesy of Tom Grotta
browngrotta arts' next exhibition will celebrate artists who have won significant awards. The roster of artists and awards included in Acclaim! Work by Award-Winning International Artists (29 April-7 May 2023) is impressive: Sheila Hicks, Lenore Tawney, Peter Collingwood, Yeonsoon Chang, Jiro Yonezawa, Ulla-Maija Vikman, who are Legion of Honor, Gold Medal, OBE, Artist of the Year and Cotsen Bamboo Prize winners, respectively. There are more recent recipients, too — including Anneke Klein, who won the grand prize at the last Textiles of Today exhibition. Acclaim! will highlight what we realised while organising it: While contemporary fibre art may have moved in and out of popular favour since the movement’s inception in the 1960s, its practitioners were consistently creating innovative and accomplished work. As one result of that persistence, there has been a recent uptick in the resale market for fibre art as auction houses and collectors rediscover work from the last few decades...............................................
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