2 Exhibitions in 2 Days.
Over the last 2 days I did see 2 very different exhibitions. Yesterday: "THREADS" in Museum Arnhem. Today the exhibition: Karl Lagerfeld "Parallele Gegensätze" in Museum Folkwang in Essen(D). "THREADS" is about textiles and modern art. With textiles I do have a long time love affair, so I was really looking forward to go. The exhibition wasn't disappointing at all. I thought while walking around that is was very brave of the conservator to bring all this work to the public. What I liked the most that there is work from totally unknown artist who often come from different countries and continents. When entering the first room I had to look at the beautiful black and gold "Kashmiri Shawl" hanging from the ceiling. The work is by Aisha Khalid who lives and works in Lahore, Pakistan. But, it wasn't gold embroidery I was looking. The "Bhuta" pattern is made by inserting thousends of golden pins through a layer of 2 sha...