Radical Textiles blockbuster poses hard questions around supposedly ‘soft’ medium

SALLY SMART
Jo Pickup, Artshub, November 27, 2024
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The Art Gallery of South Australia’s blockbuster exhibition doesn’t hold back in showcasing artists who have used textiles to proudly, and at times defiantly, make their mark.
 
Standout works in this regard include Australian artist Tarryn Gill’s series of soft sculptures or Guardians (2014-2016), which are strangely entrancing deities, elegantly installed in a semi-circular arrangement in one of the main gallery spaces.
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