DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam will present from 16 March 2024 the group exhibition Soft Power, which positions the art and design of textiles as a means of expression that can question power relations. The exhibition is curated by Daniel Milnes, who has worked as a curator at DAS MINSK since June 2023.
The exhibition understands textiles not only as handcrafted or industrially produced objects, but also as part of systems. This includes the production and trade networks that move textiles and people across the globe, as well as the histories, cartographies and cosmologies that unfold around them. Their use as an integral part of our …
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Image above: Qunnie Pettway, Flying Swallows, ca. 1978. Courtesy Joeann West and Alison Jacques, London © Qunnie Pettway / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / DACS, London and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023, Photo: Michael Brzezinski