Material Matters: The Art and Culture of Contemporary Textiles

by Ingrid Bachmann (Editor), Ruth Scheuing (Editor)

Against a framework of feminism and postmodernism, sixteen artists, historians and cultural theorists interpret textiles as a conceptual and material field of visual art. Four major themes are Material and Process, Articulating Gender and Identity, Cloth, Colonialism and Resistance, and Reconsidering Tradition and History. 38 illustrations.

Genres: Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1998

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are interested in history, theory, and the politics behind working with textiles then this book is fantastic, exploring various different themes in the area. A+

[Alysha · Rating 3 out of 5]

A once seminal text on textiles as an art form, it is un-surprising that this book essentially outlines the contemporary topics of discussion in the field (for better or for worse).