LJ Roberts | Social Fabric: Textiles and Contemporary Issues | Newport Art Museum

Hales is pleased to announce the inclusion of LJ Roberts in Social Fabric: Textiles and Contemporary Issues at the Newport Art Museum, through 11 June 2023.

 

From the cradle to the grave, human beings are wrapped in, and surrounded by textiles. What people make to clothe, protect, and decorate themselves and their spaces, tells us about their cultures, eras, identities, families, and lives. This exhibition brings together a diverse array of contemporary textile artists who are weavers, sculptors, quiltmakers, and visionaries to examine the complex issues of our time. Together, their practices demonstrate and reimagine the expressive and social functions of textiles. Some of the themes include: climate change and sustainability, adaptation and reuse, war and survival, human rights and social justice, the reclamation of history, the reaffirmation and celebration of communities, and gender, ethnic, and racial identities.
 
The artists in this exhibition take on the challenges of a variety of materials, pushing textiles in new directions and seeing how far they can go. Through textiles, they inspire new conversations about contemporary issues.
 

 
LJ Roberts
Social Fabric: Textiles and Contemporary Issues
Newport Art Museum
76 Bellevue Avenue
Newport
RI 02840
 
3 December 2022 – 11 June 2023
 
December 3, 2022