Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art
The process of creating textiles has long been a springboard for artistic invention. In Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, two extraordinary bodies of work separated by at least 500 years are brought together to explore the striking connections between artists of the ancient Andes and those of the 20th century. The exhibition displays textiles by four distinguished modern practitioners—Anni Albers, Sheila Hicks, Lenore Tawney, and Olga de Amaral—alongside pieces by Andean artists from the first millennium BCE to the 16th century.
Image: Rallo (1957), Sheila Hicks. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Photo: Matt Flynn; © Smithsonian Institution. Image above: Tunic (1000–1476), Central coast artist, Peru. Photo: © Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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