Contemporary Textile Art
In 2016, the museum began collecting textile artworks from the 20th and 21st centuries that showcase textiles as a vibrant medium of contemporary expression. Our growing collection of contemporary art features works by Ed Rossbach, Jon Eric Riis, Lia Cook, Helena Hernmarck and Cynthia Schira.
Agus Ismoyo and Nia Fliam, Trash Can of Tradition (Tong Sampah Tradisi), 2003, 2016.11.1.
Shigeki Fukumoto, Double Refraction: Turquoise, 2005, T-2578a.
Jon Eric Riis, Congressional Constraint, 2012, 2015.12.1.
Ed Rossbach, Homage to Japan, 1970, 2019.8.3.
Lia Cook, Coptic Manga, 2012, 2017.17.1.
Helena Hernmarck, Homage to Mary Kahlenberg, 2012, 2017.18.1.
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