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Fiber is the New Black: AZETTAGH brings textiles to OUTLET Fine Art

Fiber arts have risen to prominence in recent years, especially with artists who consider textiles in their work such as Ghada Amer and El Anatsui

Fiber is the New Black: AZETTAGH brings textiles to OUTLET Fine Art
Installation view. All artwork photographs courtesy of Outlet BK gallery.

Fiber is the New Black: AZETTAGH brings textiles to OUTLET Fine Art

Fiber arts have risen to prominence in recent years, especially with artists who consider textiles in their work such as Ghada Amer and El Anatsui

Fiber is the New Black: AZETTAGH brings textiles to OUTLET Fine Art
Installation view. All artwork photographs courtesy of Outlet BK gallery.
Installation view. All artwork photographs courtesy of Outlet BK gallery.

Fiber arts have risen to prominence in recent years, especially with artists who consider textiles in their work such as Ghada Amer and El Anatsui. In a neighborhood as multidisciplinary as Bushwick, it is nothing new to see artists turning “traditional” materials on their head as a conduit for something completely new. Despite increased appreciation for fiber-based work, Azettagh, a new exhibition at OUTLET Fine Arts which pairs four contemporary women artists with a selection of contemporary Moroccan rugs, brings an arrestingly fresh perspective to works which redefine “craft” as design.

The four artists featured in Azettagh all work with textile, but the diversity within each of their respective practices is what unites them in an aesthetic sense. Brece Honeycutt explores…

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