(Work by Roy Starke)
Running at artSPACE Durban is Fibreworks VIII, a national exhibition that showcases some of the
leading fibre/textile artwork in the country. Fibreworks exhibitions offer a
rich and varied experience. The artists come from a variety of arts backgrounds
and use predominantly fibres and textiles as their means of expression, freely
incorporating a mixed-media approach to materials and
techniques.
‘Fibre’ refers to materials that are made up of continuous
thread-like filaments, including both vegetable and animal fibres such as
cotton, paper, and wool, even spider silk. Some fibre artists work with mineral
fibres such as nylon. Alternatively, fibre art can be work whose subject matter
and content is fibre.
Since this is an art form that encompasses a very large
range of techniques, materials and approaches, the fibre artist has the
opportunity to expand and explore the medium and subject in almost unlimited
ways, both three and two dimensionally.
Artists include Jean Powell, Celia de Villiers, Jeanette
Gilks, Odette Tolksdorf, Cathy Knox, Roy Starke and Gina Niederhumer.
Rosalie Dace, a member who is a renowned, international quilting
teacher, describes the works as displaying, ‘…a variety of colours and
techniques long used in Africa such as dyeing, printing, and embellishing with
beads and other found objects. Freshness and unpredictability, colour,
sensitivity and strength reflect the energy of Africa today. ‘
The exhibition runs until October 11. artSPACE durban is situated at 3 Millar Road (off Umgeni Road) close
to the Waste Centre. More information on 031 312 0793 or visit www.artspacedurban.co.za
or www.artspacedurban.blogspot.com
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