Anni Albers: Camino Real
Essay by T’ai Smith in Anni Albers, Anni Albers: Camino Real. New York: David Zwirner Books, 2020 Book information: The first in-depth study of a monumental wall hanging—rediscovered after many years—by renowned Bauhaus artist Anni Albers, who was influential in elevating textiles from craft to fine art. Albers was influential in elevating textiles from craft to fine […]
Woven Work From Near Here
Emily Hermant and T’ai Smith, Woven Work from Near Here. Vancouver, BC: grunt gallery, 2018 Inspired by traditional weaving practices—including Indigenous methods for weaving blankets and baskets alongside structures and patterns that have come from elsewhere—the exhibition presents recent experiments by artists who live and work near here. Juxtaposing materials and methods, the works in […]
“Texture” in Textile Terms: A Glossary
T’ai Smith, “Texture” in Textile Terms: A Glossary, edited by Anike Reineke, Anne Röhl, Mateusz Kapustka, and Tristan Weddigen. Berlin: Emsdetten, 2017 Book information: The glossary explores and presents seventy essential and critical terms that define the textile medium as a specific form, material, technique and metaphor from antiquity to the present. It collects contributions of […]
Bauhaus Weaving Theory
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Lenore Tawney: Wholly Unlooked For
Essay contribution by T’ai Smith in Lenore Tawney: Wholly Unlooked For, edited by Kathleen Nugent Mangan. Philadelphia : University of Arts ; Baltimore : Maryland Institute College of Art, 2013 Book information: Catalog of a collaborative exhibition held at The Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, December 7, 2012 through March 17, 2013, and The University […]