RugLife on the Museum of Craft and Design is an unique exhibition that includes the work of 14 up to date artists who use the rug as a medium to handle cultural points comparable to faith, know-how, social justice, housing, and the setting. Visitor curated by Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox of c2-curatorsquared, the present examines this purposeful object-turned-art piece in its up to date type, as it’s manipulated, reinterpreted, and made new. The various roster of artists and designers hail from america, Europe, the Center East, and Asia, and work throughout a wide range of media together with yarn, cardboard, repurposed carpets, and hair combs.
Featured Artists: Nevin Aladağ, Azra Aksamija, Ali Cha’aban, Sonya Clark, Liselot Cobelens, Nicholas Galanin, Johannah Herr, Oksana Levchenya, Noelle Mason, Wendy Plomp, Stéphanie Saadé, Slavs & Tatars, Ai Weiwei, and Andrea Zittel.
The work included in RugLife is reflective of present cultural points together with those who outline our tradition, as expressed by the ever-present and accessible format of the rug. Commissioned for the Tomorrow’s Tigers challenge by the World Wildlife Fund, artist Ai Weiwei created “Tyger” (2022). In Tibetan tradition, the tiger personifies knowledge and energy. Conventional Tibetan tiger rugs function the precise pelt of a tiger, splayed, legs outstretched, and its face upturned from its inclined pose. Weiwei’s “Tyger” turns the normal Tibetan tiger rug on its head, the wrong way up, arranging the tiger on his again, claws curling inward in a extra defensive posture.
Irrespective of the fabric, thread, or substance used, every of the rugs within the present weaves considerate discourse about many points and issues — on a worldwide and private scale. Whether or not we contemplate dwelling or our place on this planet, ponder the aesthetics or the ethics, there isn’t any denying the rug continues to be a strong automobile for up to date inventive expression.
RugLife is on view on the Museum of Craft and Design in San Francisco by April 20.
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RugLife is supported as a part of the Dutch Tradition USA program by the Consulate Normal of the Netherlands in New York and made attainable partially by the Institute of Museum and Library Companies.
