Presented as part of IOTA24, this exhibition explores fibre and woven forms in relation to the human body.
Contemporary makers innovate using the traditions of old as they create pieces that critique power dynamics. The concept utilises a broad definition of fibre and textiles to include paintings on linen and canvas, irregular and convention-defying paintings such as Rossy Drake Brockman’s upholstered painting, installations including Zanny Begg’s Military tattoo series, stitched works such as Teelah George’s large-scale embroidery, Blue Biro, and clothing and costumes, including the masks of Jody Quackenbush.

Zanny Begg, Military tattoo series (detail), 2004, textile installation, dimensions variable. Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art, The University of Western Australia. © the artist. Courtesy the artist and Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Western Australia
Includes works by: Zanny Begg, Sam Bloor, Katthy Cavaliere, Annabelle Collett, Jess Day, Sharyn Egan, Rina Franz, Fiona Gavino, Teelah George, Georgia Clothing, Dena Gower, Pamela Harris, Nora Holland, Martha Lee, Judith Lodwick and Eliza Campbell (now Elizabeth Bell) working as LODWICK©AMPBELL, Janine McAullay Bott , Sidney Nolan, Rosalind Peterson Drake Brockman, Deborah Prior, Jody Quackenbush, Nien Schwarz , Beverly Thomson, Cecilia Tigan, Richard Walley, Rickeeta Walley and Alton Walley, Sera Waters, Judy Watson, and Joyce Winsley.
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery
7 September to 7 December 2024
Western Australia