Photo Credit: Arnaud Conne
In the right hands, the softest of materials can be transformed into art with undeniable edge. That’ll be clear in Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present, a landmark touring exhibit premiering at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Highlighting the diversity and dynamism of a long under-recognized medium, the 50 works on view apply traditional techniques associated with craft—weaving, crochet, braiding and beyond—to abstract and conceptual sculptures spanning walls, ceilings and floors, like Elsi Giauque’s Spatial Element, a fragmented grid of 20 colorfully threaded frames, and Françoise Grossen’s Inchworm, a knotted rope form that, diminutive title be damned, stretches some 20 feet. (Also not to be missed: The Untitled Still Life Collection, a duet conceived by famed choreographer Trajal Harrell and artist Sarah Sze, which will be performed in concert with the exhibit Oct. 4-5, with a key supporting role played by a piece of thread.) Want to try making some fiber art of your own? Take pointers from the Yahn Bomb Squad—a Jamaica Plain-based brigade of stealth knitters who create fiber art on urban canvases—at a Yarn Bombing on Oct. 5. Held at the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, the free talk and demo is one of scores of unique events happening citywide as part of the fall installment of ArtWeek Boston from Sept. 26 through Oct. 5.
Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present Oct. 1-Jan. 4 at the Institute of Contemporary Art,icaboston.org
Yarn Bombing Oct. 5 at the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, artweekboston.org
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The season’s most exciting arts happenings meet their matches.
By Improper Staff Sept. 12, 2014
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Photo Credit: Arnaud Conne
In the right hands, the softest of materials can be transformed into art with undeniable edge. That’ll be clear in Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present, a landmark touring exhibit premiering at the Institute of Contemporary Art. Highlighting the diversity and dynamism of a long under-recognized medium, the 50 works on view apply traditional techniques associated with craft—weaving, crochet, braiding and beyond—to abstract and conceptual sculptures spanning walls, ceilings and floors, like Elsi Giauque’s Spatial Element, a fragmented grid of 20 colorfully threaded frames, and Françoise Grossen’s Inchworm, a knotted rope form that, diminutive title be damned, stretches some 20 feet. (Also not to be missed: The Untitled Still Life Collection, a duet conceived by famed choreographer Trajal Harrell and artist Sarah Sze, which will be performed in concert with the exhibit Oct. 4-5, with a key supporting role played by a piece of thread.) Want to try making some fiber art of your own? Take pointers from the Yahn Bomb Squad—a Jamaica Plain-based brigade of stealth knitters who create fiber art on urban canvases—at a Yarn Bombing on Oct. 5. Held at the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, the free talk and demo is one of scores of unique events happening citywide as part of the fall installment of ArtWeek Boston from Sept. 26 through Oct. 5.
Fiber: Sculpture 1960–present Oct. 1-Jan. 4 at the Institute of Contemporary Art,icaboston.org
Yarn Bombing Oct. 5 at the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, artweekboston.org
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