Join Rebecca Evans, Curator of Decorative Arts & Design, and Leigh Robb, Curator of Contemporary Art, for an exclusive tour of the Radical Textiles exhibition before the gallery opens to the public.

From William Morris to Sonia Delaunay, Radical Textiles celebrates the cutting-edge innovations, enduring traditions and bodies of shared knowledge that have been folded into fabric and cloth over the past 150 years. Showcasing the work of 100 makers, artists, designers and activists, this major exhibition draws on AGSA’s international, Australian and First Nations collections of textiles and fashion, augmented by sculpture, painting, photography and the moving image.

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Installation view:

Sally Smart, artist
born Quorn, South Australia 1960
Studio Sally Smart, Yogyakarta, manufacturer
DGTMB Art Embroidery, Yogyakarta, manufacturer
Performance/Punokawan/Chout (The Choreography of Cutting)
2017, Melbourne ; and Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia
cotton, textiles, synthetic embroidery thread, aluminium, wooden sticks, pins,
screenprinted and synthetic polymer paint elements
300.0 x 1070.00 cm
Gift of John and Jane Ayers, Elma Christopher, Tracey and Michael Whiting through
the Art Gallery of South Australia Contemporary Collectors 2017
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
20176S34(a‑j)