Cultex

Textile as a cross cultural language

22 Jun - 22 Aug 2010

Rugby Art Gallery and Museum
22nd June - 22nd August 2010.

This winter sees the UK premiere of the exhibition ‘Cultex’
at the Hub: National Centre for Craft & Design, Lincolnshire.

Developed through international collaborations between three Japanese artists and three Norwegian artists, the resulting exhibition is a new collection of sculptural textile installation that reflects both the artists’ individual and collaborative experiences.

In 2008, aided by curator Lesley Millar, three artists from
Norway began working partnerships with three artists from Japan: Anniken Amundsen and Machiko Agano, Gabriella Göransson and Kiyonori Shimada, Eva Schølberg and Yuka Kawai. All three of the partnerships had very different starting points and developed their own identity from the very beginning, reflecting particular times, places and experiences.

However they all shared a common thread – that the work is based in their knowledge of the techniques and materials associated with textile practice and an understanding of its history.