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Alke Schmidt: Tangled Yarns

16 Oct 14 – 25 Jan 15, Wednesday - Sunday

An exciting textile and fashion exhibition opens at the William Morris Gallery, a must see in London this weekend 

By CW Contributor on 15/10/2014

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 Alke Schmidt: Tangled Yarns
Alke Schmidt: Tangled Yarns
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A fascinating new exhibition from artist Alke Schmidt at the William Morris Gallery, Tangled Yarns is an exploration of the politics and morality of the textile industry and cotton trade throughout history. In a comprehensive study spanning from the 18th century up to the present day, Schmidt skillfully tells the story of prints, cotton, and numerous fabrics, without once passing judgement or putting forward a political agenda, despite the somewhat sensitive subject matter. And considering it's always been an industry blighted by controversy, the most interesting part of this exhibition has to be the way in which Schmidt refuses to shy away from such complexity.

From the violent campaign by English weavers against imported Indian cotton in the early 1700s, when gangs attacked women wearing patterned cotton gowns or petticoats, to the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building, an incident which left 1,138 Bangladeshi garment workers dead, Schmidt uses carefully curated individual pieces of textiles to examine and shed light on each different episode of the industry's deep - and often dark - history. 

And aside from the enlightening storytelling aspect, there is also an wonderful visual side to this new showcase, with beautiful and timeless Morris prints displayed alongside more provocative pieces, showing the huge evolution the industry has undergone. Thought provoking and aesthetically tantalizing, this exhibition is one of the cool places to visit in London. 




What Alke Schmidt: Tangled Yarns
Where William Morris Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road Walthamstow, E17 4PP | MAP
Nearest tube Walthamstow Central (underground)
When 16 Oct 14 – 25 Jan 15, Wednesday - Sunday
Price £0
Website http://www.wmgallery.org.uk/



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  • About the William Morris Gallery

    From 1848 to 1856, the house was the family home of William Morris (1834-1896), the designer, craftsman, writer, conservationist and socialist. Morris lived here with his widowed mother and his eight brothers and sisters from the age of fourteen until he was twenty-two.

    The young Morrises used the garden moat for boating and fishing in summer and for ice-skating in winter. One of William’s younger brothers, Thomas Rendal Morris, briefly ‘marooned’ himself on the island after reading Robinson Crusoe, but soon crept back into the house when night began to fall.

    William Morris wrote some of his earliest poetry seated in the tall window on the main staircase, and his friend Edward Burne-Jones, on a visit to the Morrises in the 1850s, painted studies of the trees on the island.

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