LJ Roberts | Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art | Stedelijk Museum

LJ Roberts is included in Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art' at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands through 5 January 2025. 
 
Originally presented at the Barbican Art Gallery in London, UK, Unravel brings together 50 international, intergenerational artists who use textiles to communicate vital ideas about power, resistance and survival. From intimate hand-crafted pieces to monumental sculptural installations, these works offer narratives of violence, imperialism and exclusion alongside stories of resilience, love and hope.
 
Textiles cover and protect us, engage our senses, trigger our memories, represent our beliefs, hold our stories. We are wrapped in cloth when we're born and enshrouded in it when we die. As an artistic medium, textiles can speak to the joys and pains of being human, as well as the larger structures and systems that shape our world.
 
September 14, 2024