Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Knitting has emerged from the home and taken a place in museums and galleries worldwide, while interactive knitting performances have been staged in public places like the London Underground. Radical Lace & Subversive Knitting, an exhibit at the Museum of Arts and Design, showcases some of knitting's unorthodox reformers. Curator David McFadden joins us along with artists Dave Cole and Janet Echelman.
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Comments [2]
I just wanted to leave a message to say thankyou. I'm currently writing a dissertation on art and craft in the 21st century and being able to listen to two of the artists featured in one of the shows i'm writing about was a great help! It was very interesting and I got some great quotes - don't worry you will be fully referenced in my bibliography :)
Fiona
As a local yarn shop owner, i have been thrilled with your two recent stories about knitting. However, having one man on your show would have been a GROSS over-representation of the gender within the hobby/craft/art of knitting. Having (i think) only men on both shows feels pretty darn sexist! Is knitting only interesting when men do it?
Kristen Carlberg
Modern Yarn
32-A Church STreet
Montclair, NJ 07042
**Hi Kristen, thanks for your comment. We definitely don't think knitting is only interesting when men do it! Our focus for today's segment was this particular exhibit of knitted art at the MAD, not giving a definitive representation of gender in knitting. Also, for the record, one of the guests on today's show was indeed a woman (artist Janet Echelman). We're glad you enjoy hearing about knitting on our show.
--Lopate Staff
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