Cut from the Same Cloth: Textile and Technology
Curated by Christine Duval
Palo Alto Art Center
Palo Alto, CA
January 18 - April 6, 2025
Textiles have not only fueled the creative inspiration of artists throughout history, they also have provided the catalyst for technological innovation. Joseph Marie Jacquard, a French merchant, invented the “jacquard machine” in 1801, which simplified the manufacture of textiles and later became the inspiration for IBM's first computer introduced in the 1940s and 1950s. This exhibition investigates the many unexplored relationships between craft and technology and demonstrates, through the work of a group of artists, how contemporary art practice has seamlessly embraced both.
Guillermo Bert, Daniel Canogar, Windy Chien, Melissa Cody, Lia Cook, Tara de la Garza, Kira Dominguez Hultgren, Ahree Lee, James Lanahan, Aubrey Longley-Cook, Hideo Mabuchi, Clive McCarthy, Jordan Nassar, Casey Reas,
LigoranoReese, Laura Splan, Susie Taylor, and Aiko Tezuka
Textiles have not only fueled the creative inspiration of artists throughout history, they also have provided the catalyst for technological innovation. Joseph Marie Jacquard, a French merchant, invented the “jacquard machine” in 1801, which simplified the manufacture of textiles and later became the inspiration for IBM's first computer introduced in the 1940s and 1950s. This exhibition investigates the many unexplored relationships between craft and technology and demonstrates, through the work of a group of artists, how contemporary art practice has seamlessly embraced both.
Guillermo Bert, Daniel Canogar, Windy Chien, Melissa Cody, Lia Cook, Tara de la Garza, Kira Dominguez Hultgren, Ahree Lee, James Lanahan, Aubrey Longley-Cook, Hideo Mabuchi, Clive McCarthy, Jordan Nassar, Casey Reas,
LigoranoReese, Laura Splan, Susie Taylor, and Aiko Tezuka
