Textile Protest: Artists, Activism, and the Historical Power of Resistance in Cloth

Artists, activism, and the historical power of cloth in protest.

A landmark survey of how textiles have been used for political protest in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, including banners, flags, clothing, and pieces from the world of fine art.

Textile Protest showcases the richness and diversity of textiles that have been used to express resistance in its many forms. Protest textiles can be confrontational and explicit, satiric and subversive, or ironic and humorous, and can be us...