We are very happy to share that our fellow Nicholas Hlobo is participating in a group exhibition Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

First shown in Barbican, London, Unravel - The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art is organized by the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Barbican, London. Curated by Amanda Pinatih (Stedelijk) and Lotte Johnson and Well Fray-Smith (Barbican).

Contemporary artists explore the transformative and subversive potential of textiles through stitching, weaving, braiding, and knotting. They communicate multi-layered stories about lived experience, addressing gender, colonialism, the movement and displacement of people, ancient forms of knowledge, and more.

You can see the exhibition from 14 September 2024 to 5 January 2025.

Photo: ‘Babelana ngentloko’, 2017, Ribbon and leather on linen canvas, Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul and London.

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