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FABRIK: CONCEPTUAL, MINIMALIST, AND PERFORMATIVE APPROACHES TO TEXTILES Edited by Jane O’Neill Texts by Kelly Gellatly, Sean Ryan and Jane O’Neill March 2016 softcover, 24 x 17 cm 96 pages, 50 images linen book jacket with Singer-sewn binding ISBN 978 0 9807018 4 5 AU $30 including GST Distribution for Australia and New Zealand by Perimeter www.perimeterdistribution.com International distribution by Idea Books, Amsterdam www.ideabooks.nl For media/trade enquiries, orders or to register interest, please email: [email protected] EMBLEM BOOKS PO Box 1212, Potts Point NSW 1335 Sydney Australia [email protected] emblembooks.com Fabrik: conceptual, minimalist and performative approaches to textiles illuminates the cross-pollination of ideas across the fields of fashion, textiles and contemporary art. Featuring a selection of new and existing works, the publication includes emerging, mid-career and established artists from Australia and overseas. The word fabrik translates from German as ‘workshop’, and refers to the tendency of these artists to address both materials and methods of production. Whether scrunched, snipped, draped, ironed, ripped or threaded, the artworks reveal a strong emphasis on the artists’ physical engagement with textiles. By extension, Fabrik prompts consideration of our own daily interactions with fabric. The publication accompanies a multi-venue exhibition held at the University of Melbourne’s Ian Potter Museum of Art and Margaret Lawrence Gallery at the VCA, and Sutton Project Space (Feb–May 2016). 29 featured artists: Kay Abude, John Barbour, Clementine Barnes, Peter Collingwood, Sarah crowEST, Christine Dean, ADS Donaldson, Mikala Dwyer, David Egan, Andreas Exner, Dana Harris, Louise Haselton, Ash Kilmartin, Zac Langdon-Pole, Matthew Linde, Mark McDean, Elizabeth Newman, Michelle Nikou, Rose Nolan, Virginia Overell, Janet Passehl, Elizabeth Pulie, Stuart Ringholt, Robert Rooney, Simone Slee, Kate Sylvester, Lyndal Walker, Jenny Watson, Heimo Zobernig SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR EDITOR BIO & SAMPLE PAGES New publication Fabrik: conceptual, minimalist, and performative approaches to textiles Emblem Books A survey of artworks relating to textiles from 1970 to 2016, and presents both a growing interest in textiles by emerging artists and a sustained engagement with textiles by mid-career and established artists from Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Germany, Austria and the United States. Simone Slee Robert Rooney
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FABRIK: CONCEPTUAL, MINIMALIST, AND PERFORMATIVE APPROACHES TO TEXTILES Edited by Jane O’Neill Texts by Kelly Gellatly, Sean Ryan and Jane O’Neill
March 2016 softcover, 24 x 17 cm 96 pages, 50 images linen book jacket with Singer-sewn binding
ISBN 978 0 9807018 4 5 AU $30 including GST
Distribution for Australia and New Zealand by Perimeter www.perimeterdistribution.com International distribution by Idea Books, Amsterdam www.ideabooks.nl
For media/trade enquiries, orders or to register interest, please email: [email protected]
EMBLEM BOOKS PO Box 1212, Potts Point NSW 1335 Sydney Australia [email protected] emblembooks.com
Fabrik: conceptual, minimalist and performative approaches to textiles illuminates the cross-pollination of ideas across the fields of fashion, textiles and contemporary art. Featuring a selection of new and existing works, the publication includes emerging, mid-career and established artists from Australia and overseas. The word fabrik translates from German as ‘workshop’, and refers to the tendency of these artists to address both materials and methods of production. Whether scrunched, snipped, draped, ironed, ripped or threaded, the artworks reveal a strong emphasis on the artists’ physical engagement with textiles. By extension, Fabrik prompts consideration of our own daily interactions with fabric.
The publication accompanies a multi-venue exhibition held at the University of Melbourne’s Ian Potter Museum of Art and Margaret Lawrence Gallery at the VCA, and Sutton Project Space (Feb–May 2016).
29 featured artists: Kay Abude, John Barbour, Clementine Barnes, Peter Collingwood, Sarah crowEST, Christine Dean, ADS Donaldson, Mikala Dwyer, David Egan, Andreas Exner, Dana Harris, Louise Haselton, Ash Kilmartin, Zac Langdon-Pole, Matthew Linde, Mark McDean, Elizabeth Newman, Michelle Nikou, Rose Nolan, Virginia Overell, Janet Passehl, Elizabeth Pulie, Stuart Ringholt, Robert Rooney, Simone Slee, Kate Sylvester, Lyndal Walker, Jenny Watson, Heimo Zobernig
SEE FOLLOWING PAGE FOR EDITOR BIO & SAMPLE PAGES
New publication
Fabrik: conceptual, minimalist, and performativeapproaches to textilesEmblem BooksA survey of artworks relating to textiles from 1970 to 2016, and presents both a growing interest in textiles by emerging artists and a sustained engagement with textiles by mid-career and established artists from Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Germany, Austria and the United States.
Simone Slee Robert Rooney
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Fabrik: conceptual, Emblemminimalist and performative Booksapproaches to textiles
ABOUT THE EDITOR Since receiving an Honours Degree in Fine Arts from Sydney University in 1995, Jane O’Neill has established herself as an active participant in the Australian contemporary art community. She has curated more than 30 contemporary exhibitions throughout Australia and regularly writes catalogue essays and articles. She was the editor of Austral Avenue: an experiment in living with art (Emblem Books, 2012).
Elizabeth Newman
ADS Donaldson Stuart Ringholt
Janet Passehl Elizabeth Pulie
