Maite Izquierdo
Chilean textile artist Maite Izquierdo has exhibited her conceptual works of beautiful colour combinations of fabrics in numerous exhibitions internationally. Her latest body of work focuses on representing and healing the layers of emotion and experience within herself. “I work from intuition. The colour gives me the guideline to flow and communicate through the textile material.”
Taiwanese artist Yu-mei Huang now lives in London and specialises in knit working predominantly with a domestic knitting machine. “My work explores the interplay of emotional connections with individuals and seeks to convey a sculptural and therapeutic perspective on textiles.”
Derick Melander
American artist Derick Melander’s colourful sculptures are both a study in colour theory and a comment on consumerism. Exhibiting his work worldwide both indoors and out, his ” clothing sculptures explore the intersection between global consumerism and the intimate relationship we have with what we wear.”
The blog April 11th, 2024
I”ve been a huge fan of Ghanian artist El Anatsui for years but hadn’t seen his work in person before I saw his installations at Tate Modern. The work was incredible and the best textile art I’ve ever seen. To find out more visit the blog
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Image: The Wall from Behind the Red Moon installation at Tate Modern by El Anatsui.
Inspirational Monday, 8th April 2024
The first artist interview for Inspirational Monday is Derick Melander. His work has taken over a New York Park and been exhibited around the world. The gradation of colours in his sculptures is both compelling and concerning as all of his material comes from unwanted second hand clothing. See more of his work and find out about his creative journey here
Image: Derick Melander infront of You Are My Other Me
Textile Art News
100 Days of Amazing Textile Art has finished. Thank you to those of you who followed along. As usual I’m in awe of the wonderful talent of so many artists using textiles as their medium.
The final day was by American artist Ruth Thomas (https://www.instagram.com/ruthomas.art/) was a crocheted piece that makes us pause for thought. The Pattern of Language represents the United Declaration of Human Rights.
“Each letter, space and punctuation mark is replaced by a colour. The resulting work shows the fundamental human rights, but also an abstract colour pattern: the pattern of the English language.This work was created in 2018, the year of the 80th anniversary of the UDHR, whose content is as relevant and important today, given the political situation in Europe and the world, as on the day it was adopted over 80 years ago.”
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Image: The Pattern of Language by Ruth Thomas
Spotlight
American artist Rachel Breen rachelbreenart.com examines the labour rights of garment workers. “I am a maker, yet much of my work involves the opposite: I “unmake” things and “dismantle” ways of seeing and believing. My work seeks to remind us of the human labor present in the clothes we wear and our relationship to the workers who made them.”
Shroud commemorates the 1,281 garment workers whose lives were lost in the combined tragedies of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911 (New York City) and the Rana Plaza Factory Collapse 2013 (Bangladesh). This exhibition was named one of the top 20, best of 2018, exhibitions in the US by Hyperallergic. This work was also exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in 2020 as part of a solo exhibition titled “The Labor We Wear.”
“With this work I seek to show how garment workers have been exploited across geographic borders and throughout history. Purchasing these shirts at the Goodwill Outlet, represents the
late stages of the garment supply chain. Thrift stores like Goodwill send unsold clothes to either a landfill or third-party companies. The massive shipments of these used clothing to the Global
South displaces and erodes local industries.”
Image: Shroud, 1,281 used white shirts, zip ties, thread, approximately 12′ x 60′ x43′ 2018,
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I’m Helen Adams and I started Textile Curator to “wake up the world to contemporary textile art.” If you are an artist who would like to be considered, a gallery who is exhibiting textile art, or anything else relating to this wonderful genre please contact me at info@textilecurator.com. I can also advise on collecting textile art, be a juror and write artists statements and articles. If you have any queries I’d love to hear from you.
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