“I always joke that fiber is my alphabet. I can say an unlimited range of things. It can be friendly or aggressive, very sexy or totally pure. It goes from the absolute minimalistic to this intricate, laced, chaotic world.”
I am thrilled to see this article in The Wall Street Journal. The art world's new obsession is fiber! It's very exciting to see so many Bay Area connections like Josh Faught who lives and teaches here and Margo Wolowiec who completed her MFA at California College of the Arts. I can relate to the desire to feel the fibers. They deserve all of this attention.
Read "The Art World's New Material Obsession: Fiber" in The Wall Street Journal here.
Clockwise from top left: A selection of fiber-based works by artists Sheila Hicks and Ann Cathrin November Høibo; ‘Nudes 9,’ one of Erin M. Riley’s selfie-inspired tapestries, made of wool and cotton; a work by Igshaan Adams; Graham Wilson’s ‘Tunnel Vision’ made with oil, twine and canvas; a work by Margo Wolowiec. Image courtesy of the WSJ.