“The Event of a Thread. Global Narratives in Textiles” - Galeria Kombëtare e Kosovës / The National Gallery of Kosova
The National Gallery of Kosovo is pleased to invite you to the opening of the collective exhibition titled “The Event of a Thread. Global Narratives in Textiles”, curated by Inka Gressel, Susanne Weiß and Hana Halilaj on Thursday, February 29th at 19:00.
Textiles are at the heart of this new exhibition “The Event of a Thread. Global Narratives in Textiles”, which focuses on questions including: What inherent meanings and messages can be found in fabrics? What is their cultural significance? How can textiles be ‘read’? What can fabrics tell us about their origins, meanings and social roles? Which traditional textile techniques have artists appropriated, abstracted, relocated and brought back to life? Textiles constitute a locus in which art encounters handicraft, traditions meet the present day, and local knowledge intersects with global relationships.
The exhibition highlights the multiple complex ways in which the participating artists work with textiles. They link personal and aesthetic narratives with the social and economic configuration of a globalized world. In 1965, Bauhaus artist Anni Albers described “the event of a thread” as something multilinear, without beginning or end: more broadly, it signifies constant scope to reassess relations and to restructure connections and contexts.
Every part of the world can attest the complex inscription of textiles into cultural and industrial history. At the National Gallery of Kosovo, this traveling exhibition embarks on intricately weaving narratives from the globe to initiate new dialogues in the local context. Stories are deftly woven into fabrics and sculptural textiles, emphasizing the dynamic and versatile nature of fibers.
Artistët pjesëmarrës / Participating artists: Ulla von Brandenburg, Karen Michelsen Castañón, Noa Eshkol, Andreas Exner, Uli Fischer, Zille Homma Hamid, Heide Hinrichs, Olaf Holzapfel, David Horvitz, Christa Jeitner, Elisa van Joolen & Vincent Vulsma, Blerim Luzha, Sharon Lockhart, Farija Mehmeti, Eva Meyer & Eran Schaerf, Silvi Naci, Barbara Prenka, Judith Raum, Gani Riza, Matej Rodiqi, Driton Selmani, The Bauhaus Space, Güneş Terkol, Franz Erhard Walther, Valbona Zherka.
The exhibition will be on view through April 28, 2024.