Unravel, a significant group exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery features 50 international, intergenerational artists who use textiles to communicate vital ideas about power, resistance, and survival. From intimate hand-crafted pieces to monumental sculptural installations, these works offer narratives of violence, imperialism and exclusion alongside stories of resilience, love and hope.

The exhibition includes the work of several well-known artists, such as Faith Ringgold, Judy Chicago, Tracey Emin, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Louise Bourgeois, and Cecilia Vicuña, alongside less well-known creatives. (Interestingly, Vicuña frequently creates large installations with lengths of narrow wool roving.)

Where: Barbican Art Gallery, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS

When: The show runs through Sunday, the 26th of May, 2024.

There is a glossary of textile techniques in the short exhibition guide.

To learn more, visit the gallery’s website – https://www.barbican.org.uk/whats-on/2024/event/unravel-the-power-and-politics-of-textiles-in-art

There is an excellent review, with photographs, of the exhibition over on the Felting and Fiber Studio website – https://feltingandfiberstudio.com/2024/03/16/unravel-at-the-barbican-london-uk-a-textile-artists-exhibition/

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