Lenore Tawney
American, 1907-2007
Red Sea, 1974
Gift of funds from Alfred and Ingrid Lenz Harrison, Sara and David Lieberman, the Textile Council, Ruth Kaufmann and Richard Simmons 2001.25

Textiles and Texture: Selections from the Fiber Art Collection

Saturday, October 31, 2009—Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Gallery 281
Free Exhibition

This exhibition highlights approximately fifteen selections from the MIA's collection of fiber art. These works, created over the last thirty years by artists who have taken textiles to new levels of expression and experimentation, explore three-dimensional form and unconventional materials.

The salient craft themes of opacity, transparency, and impermanence are shown throughout the exhibition in objects of varied sizes. On a small scale, Ed Rossbach's Newspaper Knot utilizes plastic tubing, synthetic twine, and newspaper, while Kay Sekimachi created her Paper Bowl from translucent paper embedded with linen thread. Larger wall pieces include John McQueen's ADRAW, a pictorial piece composed entirely of sticks and vines, and Lenore Tawney's tapestry Red Sea, a powerful composition of geometric forms.