(un) Common Threads

This is a show with works by female artists. All of the works speak through fabric worked and molded in various constructions. The show features artists such as: Faith Ringgold, Lee Bontecou, Bety Saar. I loved them all, the sculpture by Yayoi Kusama(image above)  is something to see, it's a sculpture make of painted gold (think the color of 18kt gold) it's an elaborate intertwining of tubular constructions, maybe phallic. Barbara Chase-Riboud's piece of silk and bronze creates tension between the strength of metal with the fluidity of silk. I had a chat with Michael; he said what makes this show unique is the fact that few male artists have done work using fabric as extensively as women artists have.  I believe this is a female thing. Is this related to the role women played in society years ago? We sewed by hand, we mended, darned and quilted; even the wealthiest women spent many a leisure afternoon in the drawing room engaged in needlepoint.

We've come a long way baby.