Curated by Angela H. Brown

Made in Tension, explores the physical push and pull of threads in textiles and fiber art as a conceptual model for the enmeshment of social and artistic form. The exhibition includes works by Olga de Amaral; Patricia Ayres; Kevin Beasley; Diedrick Brackens; weavers from the South American coast, including Chimú weavers; Ximena Garrido-Lecca; Porfirio Gutiérrez; Elana Herzog; Ade Kassim; fiber artists of the Kuba Kingdom; Henri Matisse; Henry Moore; Senga Nengudi; Raúl de Nieves; Nengi Omuku; Elle Pérez; Cristina Flores Pescorán; Pablo Picasso; Ancient Roman marble carvers; Analia Saban; Sarah Sze; Lenore Tawney; Yoruba beadworkers and woodcarvers.