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3 mar 2024 · Curated by design historian Amber Butchart, this exhibition explores printed propaganda textiles over more than two centuries. Discover how fabric designers and manufacturers have responded to political upheaval from the French Revolution through to Brexit.
2 lis 2023 · Hear how the exhibition explores how fabrics have been used as a political medium both in the home and on the body, through furnishing and fashion. Find out how textiles were used as a tool of the state across the political spectrum, from communism to fascism.
5 paź 2023 · A new exhibition at London’s Fashion and Textile Museum looks at the ideological positions communicated by the most innocuous-seeming of domestic fabrics. It’s a stitch-up, says its curator. By Amber Butchart. 5 October 2023. Arkhênum.
Join design historian and curator of The Fabric of Democracy, Amber Butchart as she talks you through her exhibition highlights in this online talk. Amber will share how fabric designers and manufacturers have responded to political upheaval from the French Revolution through to Brexit.
19 lis 2023 · There is a piece and period here for everyone; spanning an incredible 950+ years, The Fabric Of Democracy showcases examples of political textiles from the Bayeux Tapestry and the French Revolution to the Korean War.
8 lis 2023 · An exhibition of propaganda textiles, curated by a University of Essex research student, has gone on show at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London. The Fabric of Democracy: Propaganda Textiles from the French Revolution to Brexit features around 150 artworks from around the world.
On display are circa 150 textiles and objects from countries including Britain, America, Italy, Germany, and Austria, ranging from French Toile de Jouy to Japanese robes from the Asia-Pacific war, and Cultural Revolution-era Chinese fabrics which have rarely before been exhibited in the United Kingdom.
