Textiles, Community and Controversy: The Knitting Map

Textiles, Community and ControversyThe Knitting MapTaking a major textile artwork, The Knitting Map, as a central case study, this book interrogates the social, philosophical and critical issues surrounding contemporary textile art today. It explores gestures of community and controversy manifest in contemporary textile art practices, as both process and object. Created by more than 2,000 knitters from 22 different countries, who were mostly working-class women, The Knitting Map became the subject of national controversy in Ireland. Exploring the creation of this multi-modal artwork as a key moment in Irish art history, Textiles, Community and Controversy locates the work within a context of feminist arts practice, including the work of Judy Chicago, Faith Ringold and the Guerilla Girls. Bringing together leading art critics and textile scholars, including Lucy Lippard, Jessica Hemmings and Joanne Turney, the collection explores key issues in textile practice from gender, class and nation to technology and performance.Additional ISBNs9781350027527Textiles, Community and Controversy: The Knitting Map 1st Edition is written by Jools Gilson; Nicola Moffat and published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts. ISBNs for Textiles, Community and Controversy are 9781350027503, 1350027502 and the print ISBNs are 9781350027510, 1350027510. Additional ISBNs include 9781350027527.