An exceptional roster in an exhibition highlighting the work of contemporary women artists in the Bay Area with a focus on non-representational work that explores materiality.

Maximillian Wölfgang Gallery is proud to present Unraveled, an all-women group exhibition that challenges the conventional boundaries of textile art. From rebellious weavings to boundary-breaking fabric installations, Makiko Harris, Imrana Tanveer, Angel Qin, Gala Bell, Rita Parniczky, Laurie Pearsall, and Hanni Huang invite you to question and reimagine the potential of textile as a medium for artistic expression. Textile art has long been overlooked by the fine art world and relegated as “crafts” due to its culturally historical association with traditional women’s work. Unraveled seeks to re-thread that narrative through contemporary works exploring themes of identity dynamics, gender, diaspora, post-colonialism, and post-humanism.

By stretching the limits of the textile medium, this group exhibition invites us to reshape our perceptions of it, and what kinds of stories it can tell. Whether it’s Harris’s fabric chain installation, Qin’s home appliance lingerie, Huang’s video performance, Tanveer’s post-orientalism weavings, Pearsall’s barrister wigs, Bell’s silk paintings, or Parniczky’s ethereal tapestries; each artist’s avant-garde utilization of textiles challenges the medium’s historically perceived DNA.

Curated by Ärika von Edler and Paul Nitsche

Katja Guertel, Armina Hatic, Makiko Harris, Benedikt Muxel, Tine Nedbo, Anita Schmid

On view in Naglergasse and on Artsy

Private View: Thu 9th Nov 5–7:30PM

Open hours: Friday 10th Nov 11–AM–6PM

Date ｜ 2023/10/3 (Tue) - 10/8 (Sun)　

• Time ｜11:00 〜 19:00 (until 17:00 on the last day)

• Participating artists｜Ava Grauls, Makiko Shimizu Harris, Megumi Ohata

Three graduates of London's Royal College of Art will present a collective exhibition in Japan on the theme of "boundary" using paintings and sculpture installations.

Artists with different backgrounds, Ava Grauls (Belgium/South Africa), Makiko Shimizu Harris (Japan/US), and Megumi Ohata (Japan/Korea), cross the land and through the cultural experience of living in their own skin, It explores the theme of the boundary between macro and micro.

A shared interest in creative activity surrounding immigration issues has led the artist collective to the 'Edge' exhibition in Hiroshima. These artists aim to bring as an artistic expression what it means to live within and without boundaries in terms of our bodies and territories.