The Fabric Workshop and Museum opens Hard/Cover
Installation view.
PHILADELPHIA, PA
.-The Fabric Workshop and Museum is presenting Hard/Cover, on view from April 9 to September 26, 2021. A collaboration with Philadelphias Clay Studio, the exhibition consists of works marking turning points in the respective creative processes of past and current FWM Artists-in-Residence: Louise Bourgeois (19112010), Viola Frey (19332004), Toshiko Takaezu (19222011), Venturi, Scott Brown, & Associates (founded 1980), Betty Woodman (19302018), Woody De Othello (Oakland, CA), Jane Irish (Philadelphia, PA), Barrow Parke (Queens, NY), and Shino Takeda (Brooklyn, NY).
Hard/Cover looks closely at the relationship between time, process, and space in developing an interdisciplinary practice. Framed by celebrated works from past Artists-in-Residence working at FWM in the late 1980s and early 90s, as well as tableaus and scenes created by contemporary artists, the exhibition considers how c
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