Here & Now exhibition images: Electric Egg courtesy of NCCD
Here & Now is an international contemporary tapestry exhibition curated by Lesley Millar in partnership with the National Centre for Craft & Design (NCCD).
Here and Now is the first major exhibition of contemporary British tapestry for over 20 years. The exhibition will highlight the best of British contemporary work and introduce the work of international artists to a British audience. Alongside the British tapestry weavers, the exhibition will feature those from Australia, Norway, Latvia, Japan and the USA. In this way, the exhibition will demonstrate the breadth of international commitment to contemporary tapestry and the ways in which the narrative heritage of the medium is used to engage with political, aesthetic and personal issues of current discourse.
Here and Now builds on the extremely successful 4 year cycle of international tapestry networking events, that first started with ‘The Fine Art of Tapestry Weaving' in May 2008, at Australian National University School of Art in Canberra, and more recently with Ori-rhythm II in Kyoto in May 2012. The success of both these events lay not only in the selection of work that reflected the international diversity of contemporary tapestry but also the networking opportunities and sharing of experiences that were created through the visiting and host artists that have continued beyond both exhibitions.
