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August 15, 2009 - October 1, 2009
Part II of FiberScene’s 2009 Summer Graduate Show continues with the work of 2 graduates from
CCA as well as a group of upcoming designers from RISD. The MFA Graduates in our show demonstrate an ongoing shift towards the bridging
of art and design.
Much of contemporary fashion design reveals strong influences from textile art. In recent history textile artists have researched and
experimented with ancient and ethnographic techniques of applying color to fabric. What once was “wearable art” is now firmly established
in contemporary design. Our 2009 RISD Graduates reference these previous modes of thinking while combining an increased use and mastery of
technology such as computerized jacquard looms, knitting machines, and digital printing. Their textile art creates innovative, fashion
forward designs.
The lines between art and design blur in work such as Ann Gitelson-Kahn’s Hasidic, deconstructive knitwear and Joseph Aaron Segal’s
flowing pieces. While decidedly wearable, these garments have a closer connection to the highly conceptual installation work of CCA
graduates Julia Goodman and Amy Keifer.
Fiberscene’s show of diverse student work is a reflection of the growing shifts and attitudes in the art world today. We welcome
your thoughts.
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Ann Gitelson-Kahn
Rhode Island School of Design |
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Tracey Jain
Rhode Island School of Design |
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Joseph Aaron Segal
Rhode Island School of Design |
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Jill Thibault
Rhode Island School of Design |
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Dionne Yang
Rhode Island School of Design |
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Amy Keefer
California College of Art |
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Installation,
Let us Dream of Gold/Viva la Revolucion
Hand knit gold lace,
indigo dipped velvet, 1930¹s furniture
Photo: Sam Bloomberg-Rissman
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Installation, Let us Dream of Gold/Viva la Revolucion
Hand knit gold lace,
indigo dipped velvet, 1930¹s furniture
Photo: Sam Bloomberg-Rissman
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Installation,
Let us Dream of Gold/Viva la Revolucion
Hand knit gold lace,
indigo dipped velvet, 1930¹s furniture
Photo: Sam Bloomberg-Rissman
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Installation, Let us Dream of Gold/Viva la Revolucion
Hand knit gold lace,
indigo dipped velvet, 1930¹s furniture
Photo: Sam Bloomberg-Rissman
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First Place- Lace collar for President Obama
Crocheted and indigo dipped cotton thread modeling electoral votes
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First Place- Lace collar for President Obama - detail
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Repetition is a form of change
Bobbin lace and gold acupuncture needles
36" x 28" x 28"
Photo credit: Edward Grant Hall
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Repetition is a form of change - detail
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Julia Goodman
California College of Art |
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April 22, 2008
Individual arrows vary in size, no larger than 2" x 2.5"
Cast paper pulp made from gathered junk mail.
Arrows from Respirations used in a daily wheatpasting
series as part of the Eleven Months Mourning Project. Between April 15 and
May 14, 2008. All of the arrows were added to the (de)Appropriation Wall
in the Mission, San Francisco near 23rd and Valencia
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Respirations: San Francisco Wind Patterns Aug 19, 2007 and 136 days later
50" x 43" (each)
Cast junk mail paper and linen string
Each piece hangs from strings connected to a simple, unfinished, wooden shelf. The paper hangs 6" away the from wall moves in response to movement in the room
2008
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Respirations: San Francisco Wind Patterns Aug 19, 2007 and 136 days later - detail
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Red Skies at Night: May 3, 2009
64" x 31" x 2.5"
Locally collected junkmail
2008
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Making Red Skies at Night
64" x 31" x 2.5"
wood
2008
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Making Red Skies at Night
64" x 31" x 2.5"
wood
2008
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Certain is Nothing Now (in process)
72" x 120" x 168" (approximately)
gathered blue paper
2009
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