F I B R A T I O N : poking back

Kayla Mattes, Leave the Planet (2022). Courtesy of the artist and L’Space.

Featuring the work of 16 artists, “Fibration: poking back” takes a novel and refreshing look at fiber and textile art today. Following the gallery’s first contemporary textile exhibition last year, also titled “Fibration,” the show builds on the growing traction and interest the medium has garnered in recent years. Curated by Lisa Rockford, the show’s current iteration makes the human body its starting point and expands to engage with the history and trajectory of fiber arts, including the practices of emerging artists. Engaging with the symbolic and emotive potential of textile and fiber art, feminist traditions, and the foundational work of artists from Louise Bourgeois to Judith Scott, “poking back” highlights an exciting new chapter for the medium.