Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists July 9 – October 1, 2017
Wall to Wall: Carpets by Artists studies some of the best contemporary art through the lens of craft: the woven carpet. Featuring seventeen artists from across the globe, the exhibition reveals carpets to be a powerful locus of meaning today, one that cuts across subjects of design, art, décor, production, and geopolitics. Wall to Wall proposes that artist-designed carpets play a role in modern art history as a critical form that is becoming increasingly popular in artistic practices.
The featured carpets embody a wide range of formal interests, from material, to color, to spatial composition. They represent diverse approaches to collaboration as well: artist and weaver, artist and designer, artist and producer, artist and commercial business. With range and depth, the exhibition reveals how and why artists are advancing contemporary art practice through this ancient yet persistent medium.
Artists include Polly Apfelbaum, Alan Belcher, Guillaume Bijl, Liam Gillick, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Joseph Kosuth, Ken Lum, Marilyn Minter, Sarah Morris, Paulina Olowska, Jorge Pardo, Richard Prince, Julião Sarmento, Rosemarie Trockel, Christopher Wool, and Heimo Zobernig.
The exhibition is organized by MOCA Cleveland and curated by Cornelia Lauf, independent curator.