TLmag 35 Extended: Tactile/Textile/Texture

Furniture, textiles, technology, drawings, and recently ceramics. There are few mediums into which Ronan Bouroullec is not afraid to venture, and venturing with success. His solo exhibition at Galerie Kreo is on view through January 4, 2022.

In 2019, colour advisor Giulio Ridolfo visited the remote Fogo Island where he created a bespoke colour chart and a collection of knitted accessories for the new Fogo Island Workshop brand. Anniina Koivu, guest editor of TLmag35: Tactile / Textile / Texture, wrote about this experience for our S/S 2021 issue.

TLmag interviewed Simone Pheulpin for its S/S 2021 issue, TLmag35: Tactile/Textile/Texture. The French artist, who received Special Mention from the Loewe Craft Prize in 2018, opens an exhibition of her folded, fabric sculptures at the Musée des arts decoratifs in Paris on December 7th.

Chris Wolston presents a playful and beautifully crafted collection of new work at Casa Perfect in Los Angeles, from November 3-December 2021.

Czech artist Václav Řezáč creates glass sculptures that are at once dramatic and peaceful, connecting the internal duality of glass as a material.

The exhibition on show at Les Drapiers utilises the medium of textiles from emerging and renowned artists and designers to manipulate time.

MAMC Saint-Étienne presents ‘I am the single work artist’, a retrospective of Hassan Sharif. The exhibition showcases Sharif’s diverse oeuvre, which spans painting, performance, drawing, installations, and sculpture, and highlights his position as a pioneer of Conceptual Art in the Middle East. 

The exhibition Textilités at the Old Slaughterhouses of Mons brings together over 60 works in an attempt to explore the meaning and pertinence of textiles.

Malian artist Abdoulaye Konaté invents a poetic, geopolitical and cosmogonic language through compositions made of fragments of coloured textiles.

Atelier Ace announces Ace Hotel Brooklyn, which brings together artists, narratives, and materials that speak to both the building site and the city. Opening summer 2021, the hotel showcases a textile and fibre art program with local artists.

U.S. artist Jacqueline Surdell draws upon her background as an athlete and painter to create large-scale textile pieces that twist and expand beyond the confines of the frame.

Artist and designer Kiki van Eijk weaves a sense of wonder into her work, infusing everyday objects with something more than its intended purpose and inviting us into her rich imagination.