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Dorian Zachai
Dorian (Dohrn) Zachai (1932 – 2015) was an American fiber artist. Her work was included in the 1963 exhibition ''Woven Forms'' at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts in New York City. She is considered an important innovator in the field of fiber art. Biography Zachai was born in 1932. She worked in the ''off-loom'' weaving style to create sculptures. Her work was included in the 1963 exhibition ''Woven Forms'' at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, the 1969 exhibition '' Objects: USA'' at SAAM and the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, and the 1971 exhibition ''Deliberate Entanglements'' at the UCLA Art Galleries. Zachai died in Vermont in 2015. Her work is in the Museum of Arts and Design and some of her papers are in the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Legacy The Vermont Studio Center has a ''Dohrn Zachai Fellowship'' awarded to female visual artists aged 65 and older. References Further reading “Fiber – Clay – Metal”article by Dohrn Zachai in the Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiber Art
Fiber art (fibre art in British spelling) refers to fine art whose material consists of natural or synthetic fiber and other components, such as fabric or yarn. It focuses on the materials and on the manual labor on the part of the artist as part of the works' significance, and prioritizes aesthetic value over utility. History The term fiber art came into use by curators and arts historians to describe the work of the artist-craftsman following World War II. Those years saw a sharp increase in the design and production of "art fabric." In the 1950s, as the contributions of craft artists became more recognized—not just in fiber but in clay and other media—an increasing number of weavers began binding fibers into nonfunctional forms as works of art. The 1960s and 70s brought an international revolution in fiber art. Beyond weaving, fiber structures were created through knotting, twining, plaiting, coiling, pleating, lashing, interlacing, and even braiding. Artists in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
