{"id":1284,"date":"2025-04-17T14:56:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T14:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2025-04-22T11:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T11:39:20","slug":"with-60-artists-the-golden-thread-weaves-together-a-survey-of-contemporary-fiber-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/with-60-artists-the-golden-thread-weaves-together-a-survey-of-contemporary-fiber-art\/","title":{"rendered":"With 60 Artists, \u2018The Golden Thread\u2019 Weaves Together a Survey of Contemporary Fiber Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The monumental textile exhibition that took over an 18th-century warehouse last spring is back for a second iteration.<\/p>\n

In the South Street Seaport area of Manhattan, The Golden Thread 2: A Fiber Art Show<\/em> returns with more than 100 artworks made by 60 artists from around the globe. As with the first iteration<\/a>, this reprisal includes eight site-specific installations that respond to the former mercantile space.<\/p>\n

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Tomo Mori, “(we) keep going” (2025), donated fabrics, used clothes and linens, acrylic and cotton fillings, and anodized aluminum wires<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Organized by BravinLee<\/a>, The Golden Thread<\/em> is a sweeping survey of contemporary fiber art encompassing a vast array of materials, aesthetics, and subject matter. Several artists connect textiles’ historical association with femininity and domesticity, including Ana Mar\u00eda Hernando<\/a>\u2019s pair of cascading tulle works. Frequently working with the gossamer fabric, Hernando sees her sculptures as an act of rebellion in which “softness becomes less a discreet quality and more a function of power, both formally and symbolically.”<\/p>\n

Similarly, Diana Weymar presents “American Sampler,” a collection of embroidered, typographic works made during a five-year period. Created to showcase a woman’s skill and literacy throughout the 18th century, samplers have a long history as sites of feminine expression. Weymar draws on this legacy for this patchwork tapestry, which is part of her ongoing Tiny Pricks Project<\/a> created in 2018 in response to Donald Trump’s tumultuous first term.<\/p>\n

Colossal readers will recognize several artists in this second exhibition, including Caitlin McCormack<\/a>, Rima Day<\/a>, Willie Cole<\/a>, and Ulla-Stina Wikander<\/a>. The Golden Thread<\/em> is on view through May 16.<\/p>\n

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Tiny Pricks Project (Diana Weymar), “American Sampler” (2020-2025), vintage textiles and cotton floss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Detail of Tiny Pricks Project (Diana Weymar), “American Sampler” (2020-2025), vintage textiles and cotton floss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Caitlin McCormack, “Babylon Rec Room,” vintage wallpaper on salvaged drywall with crochet cotton string and glue embellishment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ali Dipp, “Concession No 3 (Trumbull, Capitol)” (2024), manually stitched threads on denim jeans, 79 x 117 inches <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Left: Fran Siegel, “Medicine Wheel” (2020), cyanotype, scrim, embroidery, sewing, string, and mounted on bar, 90 x 60 x 10 inches. Right: Manju Shandler, “The Elephant in the Room” (2024), mixed media soft sculpture, 6 x 6 x 9 feet <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Traci Johnson. Left: “Lil Femme,” yarn on cloth, 12.5 x 22 inches. Right: “Love Me in a Place Where There\u2019s no Space or Time” (2023), yarn on cloth, 7.5 x 7.2 feet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Sam Dienst, “Clutter Conundrum” (2024), hand-woven tapestry with yarn, beads, paint, and felt, 56 x 57 x .25 inches<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member<\/a> today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article With 60 Artists, ‘The Golden Thread’ Weaves Together a Survey of Contemporary Fiber Art<\/a> appeared first on Colossal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The monumental textile exhibition that took over an 18th-century warehouse last spring is back for a second iteration. In the South Street Seaport area of Manhattan, The Golden Thread 2: A Fiber Art Show returns with more than 100 artworks made by 60 artists from around the globe. As with the first iteration, this reprisal Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1284"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1296,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions\/1296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thishabbo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}