Textiles In Art
@textiles-in-art.bsky.social
If all art is political, then the artist’s rendering of textiles is also political. Here you will find textiles depicted in art as well as art created using textile techniques.
19TH CENTURY KID (QUEEN VICTORIA)
Yinka Shonibare
1999
Shonibare often works in African wax print fabrics, using textiles made in Dutch and English factories for selling to markets in the African countries they colonized.
Yinka Shonibare
1999
Shonibare often works in African wax print fabrics, using textiles made in Dutch and English factories for selling to markets in the African countries they colonized.
February 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
19TH CENTURY KID (QUEEN VICTORIA)
Yinka Shonibare
1999
Shonibare often works in African wax print fabrics, using textiles made in Dutch and English factories for selling to markets in the African countries they colonized.
Yinka Shonibare
1999
Shonibare often works in African wax print fabrics, using textiles made in Dutch and English factories for selling to markets in the African countries they colonized.
Thawret Turath Shawl by Naqsh Collective (Nisreen Abu-Dail and Nermeen Abu-Dail)
Wall installation and 2018 Jemeel Prize 5 winner of Palestinian tatreez motifs in solid walnut, brass, and paint
Wall installation and 2018 Jemeel Prize 5 winner of Palestinian tatreez motifs in solid walnut, brass, and paint
February 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Thawret Turath Shawl by Naqsh Collective (Nisreen Abu-Dail and Nermeen Abu-Dail)
Wall installation and 2018 Jemeel Prize 5 winner of Palestinian tatreez motifs in solid walnut, brass, and paint
Wall installation and 2018 Jemeel Prize 5 winner of Palestinian tatreez motifs in solid walnut, brass, and paint
Karine Jollet
Soft Sculpture
Anatomical Art
c. 2014
bed sheet, wadding, wire
Soft Sculpture
Anatomical Art
c. 2014
bed sheet, wadding, wire
February 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Karine Jollet
Soft Sculpture
Anatomical Art
c. 2014
bed sheet, wadding, wire
Soft Sculpture
Anatomical Art
c. 2014
bed sheet, wadding, wire
Kehinde Wiley, from the Trickster collection (2017)
Damask
Denim
Linen
Detail of pleating on sleeve
Damask
Denim
Linen
Detail of pleating on sleeve
February 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Kehinde Wiley, from the Trickster collection (2017)
Damask
Denim
Linen
Detail of pleating on sleeve
Damask
Denim
Linen
Detail of pleating on sleeve
UNTITLED (installation view)
Ibrahim Mahama, 2013
Ibrahim Mahama, 2013
January 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
UNTITLED (installation view)
Ibrahim Mahama, 2013
Ibrahim Mahama, 2013
Joanne Arnett - mixed-media mugshots, hand-woven large-scale portraits with thread and tinned copper wire. When seen in person, the embroidered works shift from negative to positive.
January 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Joanne Arnett - mixed-media mugshots, hand-woven large-scale portraits with thread and tinned copper wire. When seen in person, the embroidered works shift from negative to positive.
Malick Sidibé (1935-2016)
“Vies de dos” (views from behind), 2003
Superstar photographer, Malick Sidibé, often featured textiles and fashions from Mali, as well as Black joy.
Shown here, wax resist dyed and tie-dyed (shibori) fabrics.
“Vies de dos” (views from behind), 2003
Superstar photographer, Malick Sidibé, often featured textiles and fashions from Mali, as well as Black joy.
Shown here, wax resist dyed and tie-dyed (shibori) fabrics.
January 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Malick Sidibé (1935-2016)
“Vies de dos” (views from behind), 2003
Superstar photographer, Malick Sidibé, often featured textiles and fashions from Mali, as well as Black joy.
Shown here, wax resist dyed and tie-dyed (shibori) fabrics.
“Vies de dos” (views from behind), 2003
Superstar photographer, Malick Sidibé, often featured textiles and fashions from Mali, as well as Black joy.
Shown here, wax resist dyed and tie-dyed (shibori) fabrics.
Olutosin Oladosu Adebolwale
Lion (2019)
Tiny scraps of fabric.
Lion (2019)
Tiny scraps of fabric.
January 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Olutosin Oladosu Adebolwale
Lion (2019)
Tiny scraps of fabric.
Lion (2019)
Tiny scraps of fabric.
Hanging, draping, fluffed, and folded.
Virgin and Child in an Interior, Jacques Daret, 1430-ish
Virgin and Child in an Interior, Jacques Daret, 1430-ish
January 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Hanging, draping, fluffed, and folded.
Virgin and Child in an Interior, Jacques Daret, 1430-ish
Virgin and Child in an Interior, Jacques Daret, 1430-ish
Brocade-wearing Madonna
Lorenzo da Sanseverino, ca. 1468-1500
Black velvet and opulent silk brocade trimmed with gold work.
Lorenzo da Sanseverino, ca. 1468-1500
Black velvet and opulent silk brocade trimmed with gold work.
January 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Brocade-wearing Madonna
Lorenzo da Sanseverino, ca. 1468-1500
Black velvet and opulent silk brocade trimmed with gold work.
Lorenzo da Sanseverino, ca. 1468-1500
Black velvet and opulent silk brocade trimmed with gold work.
LIBOKE
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga
Acrylic and oil on canvas
2016
Kinshasa born Ilunga explores the intersection of tradition, as represented by the African wax print fabric and traditional hair style, and the modern intrusion of resource extraction in his home, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga
Acrylic and oil on canvas
2016
Kinshasa born Ilunga explores the intersection of tradition, as represented by the African wax print fabric and traditional hair style, and the modern intrusion of resource extraction in his home, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
January 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
LIBOKE
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga
Acrylic and oil on canvas
2016
Kinshasa born Ilunga explores the intersection of tradition, as represented by the African wax print fabric and traditional hair style, and the modern intrusion of resource extraction in his home, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga
Acrylic and oil on canvas
2016
Kinshasa born Ilunga explores the intersection of tradition, as represented by the African wax print fabric and traditional hair style, and the modern intrusion of resource extraction in his home, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Three of 36 kimono from the Symphony of Light Collection
By Itchiku Kubota
Dye and paint techniques on silk crepe (1980s and later)
One continuous panoramic landscape moving through seasons and times of day, depicted on oversize kimono.
By Itchiku Kubota
Dye and paint techniques on silk crepe (1980s and later)
One continuous panoramic landscape moving through seasons and times of day, depicted on oversize kimono.
January 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Three of 36 kimono from the Symphony of Light Collection
By Itchiku Kubota
Dye and paint techniques on silk crepe (1980s and later)
One continuous panoramic landscape moving through seasons and times of day, depicted on oversize kimono.
By Itchiku Kubota
Dye and paint techniques on silk crepe (1980s and later)
One continuous panoramic landscape moving through seasons and times of day, depicted on oversize kimono.
Camila Batmanghelidjh
by Dean Marsh
oil on plywood panel, 2008
Draped in silks, surrounded by luxury fabrics, this work seems from another time and place.
Look a little closer and you’ll see painstakingly rendered fold-lines in the silk, suggesting a coarseness to balance all the sitter’s finery.
by Dean Marsh
oil on plywood panel, 2008
Draped in silks, surrounded by luxury fabrics, this work seems from another time and place.
Look a little closer and you’ll see painstakingly rendered fold-lines in the silk, suggesting a coarseness to balance all the sitter’s finery.
January 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Camila Batmanghelidjh
by Dean Marsh
oil on plywood panel, 2008
Draped in silks, surrounded by luxury fabrics, this work seems from another time and place.
Look a little closer and you’ll see painstakingly rendered fold-lines in the silk, suggesting a coarseness to balance all the sitter’s finery.
by Dean Marsh
oil on plywood panel, 2008
Draped in silks, surrounded by luxury fabrics, this work seems from another time and place.
Look a little closer and you’ll see painstakingly rendered fold-lines in the silk, suggesting a coarseness to balance all the sitter’s finery.