‘Thread – tangles / detangles’ – A Naarm Textile Collective group exhibition
14 March – 6 April 2025
Glen Eira City Gallery – Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield.
Following the success of Naarm Textile Collective’s group exhibitions, Stitching Change and Uncommon Threads, Naarm Textile Collective is building on the increasing interest in contemporary textile art with a new exhibition for 2025 titled Thread – tangles / detangles.
Thread – Tangles / detangles will bring together work by artists from the Naarm Textile Collective who are exploring the possibilities of thread in their work. Each artist is invited to use their unique perspective and textile discipline to follow a different thread, wherever it may lead them.
Thread – Tangles / detangles will explore tangible and intangible connections, processes and techniques. Transformed through knitting, weaving, looping and stitching, threads carry significant personal and cultural narratives. The exhibition aims to encourage viewers to rethink their relationship to thread, be aware of its materiality, its possibilities and limitations.
Thread, surrounds us and accompanies us from birth until the day we die. It’s like a second skin. Yet because of these close connections, it becomes almost invisible. Despite an upsurge in interest in craft and making, textiles are still almost invisible in the world of art. Rooted in craft techniques, work made with thread is generally seen as ‘women’s work’, overlooked or disregarded by the contemporary art scene. This exhibition aims to change this view.
Naarm Textile Collective will present an exhibition of works which will stimulate thought and conversation to make thread more visible in the world of fine art. We will transform the Glen Eira City gallery into a lively, welcoming, dynamic and thought-provoking exhibition.
The exhibition is curated by Tamara Russell
Glen Eira City Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday 10am – 5pm
Saturday – Sunday 1pm – 5pm
Important Dates:
Entries Close: 4 February 2025
Notification: 11 February 2025
Participation fee payment: 18 February 2025 if required (see above).
Delivery of Selected Artworks: 12pm – 2pm 11 March 2025
Exhibition Dates: 14 March – 6 April 2025
Exhibition Opening Event: TBC
Collection of Artworks: 7 April 2025 time TBC