fabric Archives — Colossal

a framed portrait by Stan Squirewell, from an old photograph, of a large group or family seated on the porch a house, with colorful, patterned fabrics painted onto the image

Stan Squirewell’s Mixed-Media Collages Imbue Anonymous Historical Photos with Panache

October 16, 2025

Ant Hamlyn’s Vibrant, Smushed Still Lifes Preserve the Impermanent

October 9, 2025

a vibrant art installation in a dark room, with mesh, columnar

Twelve Trailblazing Women Artists Transform Interior Spaces in ‘Dream Rooms’

October 6, 2025

a colorfully knotted rope work by Jacqueline Surdell hanging from a bar

Monumental Tapestries by Jacqueline Surdell Invoke Forests as Portals to the Divine

October 1, 2025

a quilted artwork by Bisa Butler featuring two young Black people standing affectionately together, inspired by a photograph by Steve Edson

Tenderness and Empathy Prevail in Bisa Butler’s Nostalgic and Vibrant Quilts

September 23, 2025

an elaborate costume worn by a performer on stage

Cultural Narratives and Craft Converge in the 2025 World of WearableArt Competition

September 22, 2025

an underwater photograph by Christy Lee Rogers of figures enveloped in billowing fabric

In ‘Aqueous Renaissance,’ Christy Lee Rogers Conjures Beauty and Interconnectivity Under Water

September 2, 2025

artist Lucy Sparrow in her installation of a fish and chip shop made entirely of felt

In ‘Bourdon Street Chippy,’ Lucy Sparrow Celebrates a British Culinary Institution in Felt

August 7, 2025

a moth sculpture made from textile and wire, with eyes on the wings

From Velvet and Vintage Textiles, Larysa Bernhardt Embroiders Otherworldly Moths

July 7, 2025

four figures made of colorful textiles

Elodie Blanchard Revitalizes Fabric Scraps into Vivid Patchworks of Trees, Bouquets, and Goddesses

June 30, 2025

a portrait quilt by Bisa Butler of an African American baseball team in 1899

Explore Storytelling Through 300 Years of Quilts in ‘Fabric of a Nation’

June 25, 2025

a life-size installation of a traditional Korean home made of white fabric in a gallery space

To ‘Walk the House,’ Do Ho Suh Traverses Memory and Perceptions of Home

April 30, 2025

a monumental, abstract wall installation that appears to be cascading or bleeding a range of neon colors, as if the medium has been thrown at the wall and it is dripping down to the floor

In Elaborate ‘Textile Paintings,’ Anne von Freyburg Reframes Femininity in European Art History

April 14, 2025

a collage of black and white photos and colorful textiles in a carved wooden frame. the photo depicts a mother and her childern

In Vivid Reliquaries, Stan Squirewell Layers Anonymous Portraits and Patterned Textiles

March 28, 2025

a large-scale fabric installation in a museum with different segments illuminated in the colors of a prism

‘Imagining the Future’ Honors Aleksandra Kasuba’s Trailblazing Installations and Environments

February 10, 2025

a bead-and sequin-embellished fabric artwork of a lively scene of numerous people dancing and gathering around a fire in a "Caiman Wood Ceremony"

Embellished Vodou Flags by Myrlande Constant Spotlight ‘The Spiritual World of Haiti’

January 28, 2025