RugLife
The exhibition
Rugs and carpets have defined the character of space since animal skins began to warm and adorn cave dwellings; the earliest known Persian rugs are nearly 2500 years old. Given this long history—entwined with religion, culture, and nature—it is not surprising that artists continue to find potential in the form of the rug. While many artists take a formal approach to the subject matter, others engage in cultural critique. It is this perspective that most interests us, when artists from around the globe take on the appropriation of cultural, racial, and gender roles and stereotypes within the framework of a decorative object turned art object.
Artists included
Nevin Aladağ (Turkey/Germany); Azra Aksamija (Bosnia/Austria); Ali Cha’aban (Lebanese/Kuwait); Sonya Clark (United States); Liselot Cobelens (Netherlands) ;Nicholas Galanin (United States); Johannah Herr (United States); Oksana Levchenya (Ukraine); Noelle Mason (United States); Wendy Plomp (Netherlands); Stéphanie Saadé (Lebanon/France/Netherlands); Slavs and Tatars (Germany); Andrea Zittel (United States)
Organizers
Museum of Craft and Design San Francisco, California
Curators
c2, a curatorial partnership between Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox, develops exhibitions of international, cross-media contemporary art and design that explore current issues in culture.
Contents
4000 square feet approximately
14 floor and wall mounted works
Fee
$25,000 for 15 weeks: additional weeks pro-rated: transportation costs TBD and shared
Schedule
Winter/Spring Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, California
Summer 2025 Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Fall 2025 Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Spring 2026 Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
Summer 2026 AVAILABLE
Fall 2026 AVAILABLE
Contact
Ariel Zaccheo, curator azaccheo@sfmcd.org 415.773.0303 ext 309
JoAnn Edwards, executive director jedwards@sfmcd.org 415.773.0303
Ginger Duggan, c2 curator ginger@curatorsquared.com 407.227.2565
Judy Fox, c2 curator judy@curatorsquared.com 617.640.4037
https://curatorsquared.com/rug-life/
For full prospectus
Image: Johannah Herr, War Rug III (El Paso), 2020
Categories: Traveling Exhibitions