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Author Mcdougall, Ruth.

Title Threads : contemporary textiles and the social fabric
Published South Brisbane, Qld. : Queensland Art Gallery, 2011
South Brisbane, Queensland : Queensland Art Gallery, [2011]
©2011

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Description 175 pages : colour illustrations ; 31 cm
Contents Threads that connect and unravel / Ruth McDougall -- Contemporary textiles and the social fabric of life / Graeme Were -- Tivaevae : vibrant island threads / Bree Richards -- Women together : Robin White's collaborations / Reuben Keehan -- Niuean weaving : sharing knowledge / Zoe De Luca -- Ngatu tā'uli : a royal barkcloth / Kolokesa Uafā Māhina-Tuai and Hūfanga Dr ʻOkusitino Māhina -- Pacific mats : Ibe vakabati, fala pati and fala su'i / Angela Goddard -- Kharad : weaving stories and remaking lives / Ruth McDougall -- Maps of history : Hmong pha pra vet (storytelling) cloths / Ruth McDougall -- Kapa kuiki : Hawaiian quilts / Ian Were -- Ömie barkcloth : a textile of transition and place / Michael Hawker -- A language in stitches : Indian embroiderers / Julie Ewington -- Vanuatu baskets : patterns of beauty and survival / Bree Richards -- Contemporary kantha : evolving traditions / Viona Fung -- Tifaifai : expressing island identity / Laura Mudge -- Hats and baskets : plaiting to remember / Jessica Stalenberg -- Lao textiles : rich traditions / Russell Storer -- Noken : a gift, a process, an emblem, a bag / Ruth McDougall -- Just designs : Ernabella batik / Bruce McLean -- Lei : material mash-ups / Ellie Buttrose -- A sign of the times : bilums, bilum-wear and baskets / Ruth McDougall
Summary Explores nature of contemporary textile art across Asia Pacific, including barkcloth, embroidery, quilting, looping, weaving, over 70 artists. Lead essays complemented by a series of shorter texts which consider the ways contemporary textiles continue to play a significant role in fabricating social life
Analysis All Australian Indigenous Material
Australian
Exhibition catalogues
Textile arts
Notes Curator: Ruth McDougall
Essays by Ruth McDougall, Graeme Were [and sixteen others]
Exhibition of works from the Queensland Art Gallery, held at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 1 October 2011-5 February 2012
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-167)
Notes Catalogue of an exhibition of works from the Queensland Art Gallery, held at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, 1 October 2011-5 February 2012
Subject Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane, Qld.) -- Exhibitions.
Queensland Art Gallery -- Exhibitions.
Arts -- Islands of the Pacific -- Exhibitions.
Arts -- Islands of the Pacific.
Arts, Aboriginal Australian -- Exhibitions.
Arts, Aboriginal Australian.
Arts, Asian -- Exhibitions.
Arts, Asian.
Arts, Pacific Island -- Exhibitions.
Textile crafts -- Exhibitions.
Textile fabrics -- Asia -- Exhibitions.
Textile fabrics -- Asia.
Textile fabrics -- Islands of the Pacific -- Exhibitions.
Textile fabrics -- Islands of the Pacific.
Textile fabrics, Aboriginal Australian -- Exhibitions.
Textile fabrics, Aboriginal Australian.
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs.
Author Mcdougall, Ruth, curator
Were, Graeme.
Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane, Qld.)
Queensland Art Gallery.
LC no. 2011514916
ISBN 9781921503283 (paperback)