Barbara Levittoux-Świderska

Catalogue
2021
Paperback
Barbara Levittoux-Świderska: Catalogue
Publisher: Richard Saltoun Gallery
Dimensions: 27 x 21 cm
Pages: 48pp.
£ 15.00

Published on the occasion of Frieze Masters, London 2021. Printed in an edition of 400 copies.

 

The catalogue is accompanied by a text by Marta Kowalewska, Chief Curator at the Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland.

 

Barbara Levittoux-Świderska was one of the most important yet often overlooked textile artists who transformed tapestry from flat decorations to avant-garde installations. Born in Warsaw, Poland, Levittoux-Świderska came to prominence in the 1960s when textile entered into mainstream contemporary art. Like fellow Polish textile artists Magdalena Abakanowicz and Jolanta Owidzka, Levittoux-Świderska followed the Eastern European tradition, incorporating locally sourced materials and rural practices to improvise new textile art-making methods and forms. 

This publication was designed by A Practice for Everyday Life.