Harmony Hammond's Ongoing Revolution
The mainstream art world might finally be catching up with Hammond, who has been breaking barriers for more than six decades.
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The mainstream art world might finally be catching up with Hammond, who has been breaking barriers for more than six decades.
My father is a weaver. He makes tea towels, rugs, curtains, cushion covers, tapestries and tablecloths. As I write this, my feet are touching one of his rugs, which is bordered with a Greek-style meander, a pattern named for a winding river in Asia Minor.
Textile techniques serve as medium and metaphor in Unravel at the Barbican Centre, conveying possibilities for art and resistance.
Danielle Jackson looks at the politics embedded in the "Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing."
Curator Lotte Johnson discusses the transformative and radical power of textiles in this video on the Barbican's latest exhibition.