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 |
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Australian |
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Exhibition catalogues |
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Textile arts |
Notes |
Curator: Ruth McDougall |
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Essays by Ruth McDougall, Graeme Were [and sixteen others] |
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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) |
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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.
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Queensland Art Gallery -- Exhibitions.
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Arts -- Islands of the Pacific -- Exhibitions.
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Arts -- Islands of the Pacific.
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Arts, Aboriginal Australian -- Exhibitions.
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Arts, Aboriginal Australian.
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Arts, Asian -- Exhibitions.
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Arts, Asian.
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Arts, Pacific Island -- Exhibitions.
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Textile crafts -- Exhibitions.
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Textile fabrics -- Asia -- Exhibitions.
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Textile fabrics -- Asia.
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Textile fabrics -- Islands of the Pacific -- Exhibitions.
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Textile fabrics -- Islands of the Pacific.
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Textile fabrics, Aboriginal Australian -- Exhibitions.
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Textile fabrics, Aboriginal Australian.
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Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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Author |
Mcdougall, Ruth, curator
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Were, Graeme.
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Gallery of Modern Art (Brisbane, Qld.)
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Queensland Art Gallery.
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LC no. |
2011514916 |
ISBN |
9781921503283 (paperback) |
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