Research Catalog

Title

Christy Matson / edited by Monica Obniski ; with a contribution by Su Wu and a conversation with the artist.

Author

Matson, Christy, 1979-

Publication

Milwaukee, Wisconsin : Milwaukee Art Museum, [2021]

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Obniski, Monica
• Wu, Su
• Milwaukee Art Museum, host institution.

Description

79 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm.

Summary

Working within a renewed interest in craft practices, Los Angeles?based artist Christy Matson (born 1979) creates woven pictures that explore memory and imagination through the layered history of textile production, while advocating for issues surrounding sustainability. Her abstract, constantly evolving compositions resemble paintings, and yet they are deeply rooted in textile history. Using a digital jacquard loom together with the language of historic weaving techniques, Matson honors the centuries-old craft while also embracing a new approach to technology. Her works allow viewers to engage with textiles of the past in thoughtful, innovative ways. A continuation of the Milwaukee Art Museum?s Currents series, which highlights new trends in contemporary art, this volume brings together nearly 50 of Matson?s most recent works from the last five years, and is the first publication to explore Matson's wide-ranging textile art.00Exhibition: Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, USA (02-07.2022).

Series Statement

Currents ; 38

Uniform Title

Currents (Milwaukee, Wis.) ; 38.

Subject

• Matson, Christy, 1979- > Exhibitions
• Matson, Christy, 1979- > Interviews
• 2000-2099
• Textile crafts > United States > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Textile artists > United States > Interviews
• Textile artists
• Textile crafts
• United States

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Interviews.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, February 25-July 17, 2022.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Director's foreword / Marcelle Polednik, PhD -- Acknowledgments -- Surface and depth: The woven pictures of Christy Matson / Monica Obniski -- Feel by sight / Su Wu -- Conversation with Christy Matson / Monica Obniski -- Exhibition checklist -- Contributors.

Call Number

JQF 23-345

ISBN

• 9781646570195
• 1646570197

LCCN

2021942209

OCLC

• 1312758653
• 1312758653

Author

Matson, Christy, 1979- artist, interviewee.

Title

Christy Matson / edited by Monica Obniski ; with a contribution by Su Wu and a conversation with the artist.

Publisher

Milwaukee, Wisconsin : Milwaukee Art Museum, [2021]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Currents ; 38

Currents (Milwaukee, Wis.) ; 38.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Obniski, Monica editor, interviewer.

Wu, Su contributor.

Milwaukee Art Museum, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 23-345