![]() ![]() Her furniture, textiles, wearable pieces, sculptures, and site-specific installations involve a spectrum of natural materials, from beeswax to human hair and stitch together complex ideas of gender and nationality. During this time, she travelled several hours each day across the border to attend school in San Diego, an experience that would go on to have a profound impact on her work. ![]() Textile artist Tanya Aguiñiga, now based in Los Angeles, spent a childhood in Tijuana, Mexico. (Image credit: Courtesy of Volume Gallery, Chicago and the artist) ![]() The medium took on a life beyond functional craft it became textiles for textiles’ sake. Fibre art was born: textiles was catapulted beyond the domestic space and unshackled from veiled art world snobbery. In the 1970s, coinciding with the women's liberation movement, and the rise of feminist art, textiles underwent its own revolution. Other artists who took textiles to new heights in the 20th century include Sonia Delaunay, Judith Scott, and Louise Bourgeois. Albers saw the potential of textiles beyond a ‘women’s craft’ and has since influenced swathes of creatives including Sheila Hicks, who studied under both Anni and Josef Albers and myriad fashion designers. It was only during the Bauhaus years in the early 20th century that textiles began to enter the vocabulary of modern art, a move indebted to textile masters like Anni Albers, who turned her weaving loom into a vehicle for innovation. The last century has seen a renaissance in thread-based art. It comes dressed in many forms: fibre art, tapestry, weaving, embroidery, knitting, and often spreads beyond the borders of art into fashion, design, science and technology. Much like ceramic art, it has long trodden the foggy line between art and craft. Textile artists have long used their medium as a vehicle for storytelling. By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over. ![]()
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