Featuring husband and wife artists, Ed Rossbach and Katherine Westphal, Ties that Bindbrings together several decades of their work from baskets to garments. Rossbach’s and Westphal’s unpredictable, vibrant and diverse creations have had a major impact on contemporary basket making and fiber art in general. Rossbach, a weaver, is interested in structure, and Westphal, a painter, in surface design. Shared themes in their work include a reverence for the past, pushing of boundaries and the influence of the many different cultures encountered through study and travel. Their careers as artists, professors, writers and lecturers have spanned the entire history of what is now called the contemporary fiber arts movement.
ASU Art Museum Presentation
Organized by Heather Lineberry, Ties That Bind: Ed Rossbach and Katherine Westphal will be installed in the 2,500-square-foot Turk Gallery of the Arizona State University Art Museum at the Nelson Fine Arts Center.
Duration
Ties That Bind: Ed Rossbach and Katherine Westphal (June 30 – September 30, 2001) is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm, and Sunday from 1pm to 5pm.
Support
Special thanks to Daphne Farago and Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge. Additional support from the Friends of the Arizona State University Art Museum.
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