Fibre Exhibition

Matter Gallery’s next exhibition FIBRE opens on Thursday 4 September, 5.30 – 7pm – all are welcome to the launch event.

There will be a talk by curator Liz Cooper at 10.30am on Saturday 6 September. Liz has specialised in art textiles for over 20 years, and delivered exhibitions in Aotearoa, Australia, Ireland, Spain and the UK.

Dreams and intentions, connections and loss, nature and industry, the real and the imagined; these are deep and moving inspirations and themes explored by the artists in Matter’s third project FIBRE. Textile and fibre have long been a powerful medium for expressive story-telling, being both familiar and exotic. Cloth is the stuff that surrounds us for daily and ceremonial use, as garments, furnishing, hangings and utility. The versatility of thread and fabric, yarn and cloth enable layered and complex narratives. FIBRE looks at three established artists who use this compelling medium in very different ways: Natasha Aiko Cousens, Lois Parish Evans and Lea-Anne Sheather.