Masterpiece Online: Mistresses of Textile

Bringing together some of the world’s most innovative mistresses of textile, Richard Saltoun Gallery’s presentation for Masterpiece Online reveals how female artists took hold of fibre and thread with a newfound freedom of making, adding a unique contribution to feminist contemporary art.  Taking its cue from the 1972 exhibition Old Mistresses: Women Artists of the Past at Walters Art Gallery, the presentation subverts the reverential term ‘Old Master’ and showcases work by important women: Jagoda BUIC, Olga de AMARAL, Tracey EMIN, HESSIE, Su RICHARDSON, Barbara LEVITTOUX-ŚWIDERSKA, Miriam SCHAPIRO, Greta SCHÖDL and Annegret SOLTAU.