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The Approach opens an exhibition of works by Hana Miletić
Hana Miletić, Materials, 202, Hand-woven and Jacquard-woven textile (burnt orange recycled wood fibre, carrot and dahlia- coloured eri silk, dark apricot recycled polyamide, recycled nylon, recycled plastic thread, and white polyester), 30 x 24 x 2 cm (11 3/4 x 9 3/8 x 3/4 in.).
LONDON
.- There is a micro-political dimension to weaving for Hana Miletić, who employs this process as a method of slowing down production. She sees it as an embodied and situated art practice that requires considerable time and dedication, aimed at counteracting certain economic and social conditions at work, such as acceleration, standardisation and transparency. Miletić weaves to narrate a different, feminist story of technology and progress stemming from the loom (not extractive and technocratic, but caring and tactile). She sees care as an affect because caring produces emotional attachments, a real material action that disrupts the ar
The Story of Self Portraits
What would Leonardo Da Vinci make of selfie culture? This is an impossible question, but itâs one you canât help but wonder whilst reading
The Self-Portrait, a new book by Arts Council Collection Senior Curator Natalie Rudd. Itâs part of Thames & Hudsonâs
Art Essentials series, which charts the evolution of the genre over seven centuries. For Da Vinci and other Renaissance artists, the mirror was âa teacherâ: the self-portrait was an outlet to fine tune and flaunt their skills. To the social media natives of today, the selfie is an everyday practice of non-verbal communication.