Art_Textiles

The Whitworth's major new exhibition presents twenty-seven international artists and four decades of provocative work that explore the meanings of textile as an art medium. The exhibition demonstrates textile as a powerful tool for expressing ideas be they social, political or artistic. It brings together work from collections all over the world and will include artists such as Magdalena Abakanowicz, Dorothea Tanning, Tracey Emin and exciting new talent Mary Sibande. Sibande is attracting significant media attention for her work that explores ideas of post-apartheid South Africa and stereotypes around the black female body.