Woven histories : textiles and modern abstraction / edited by Lynne Cooke ; with Elissa Auther, Darby English, Briony Fer, Michelle Kuo, Bibiana K. Obler, and Jeffrey Gibson, Ann Hamilton, Harmony Hammond, Ellen Lesperance, Carole Frances Lung, Ulrike Müller, Lisa Oppenheim.

"Woven Histories begins in the early twentieth century, rooting the abstract art of Sophie Taeuber-Arp in the applied arts and handicrafts, then features the interdisciplinary practices of Anni Albers, Sonia Delaunay, Liubov Popova, Varvara Stepanova, and others who sought to effect social change through fabrics for furnishings and apparel. Over the century, the intersection of textiles and abstraction engaged artists from Ed Rossbach, Kay Sekimachi, Ruth Asawa, Lenore Tawney, and Sheila Hicks to Rosemarie Trockel, Ellen Lesperance, Jeffrey Gibson, Igshaan Adams, and Liz Collins, whose textile-based works continue to shape this discourse. Including essays by distinguished art historians as well as reflections from contemporary artists, this ambitious project traces the intertwined histories of textiles and abstraction as vehicles through which artists probe urgent issues of our time." -- Provided by publisher.