Paul Yore, ‘Let us not die from habit’, 2018, mixed media, Collection Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. Image: Paul Yore, courtesy Hugo Michell Gallery and STATION.
Radical Textiles is a major exhibition; indeed, it is a major rethink about how we consider textiles in Australia.
The Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) is taking a mammoth look at the global history of textile practice, and its currency in contemporary practice here in Australia. But it is not a mothballed timeline. Rather, it is interested in the medium as a vehicle for activism and change.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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