ED ROSSBACH FIBER ART DONATION ON DISPLAY AT MFA, BOSTON, MAY 22

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BOSTON, MASS. — The MFA, Boston, will present the exhibition, “Ed Rossbach Fiber Art from the Daphne Farago Collection,” on view May 22–March 5 in the Loring Gallery.

The MFA celebrates the works of Edward Rossbach, widely recognized as a pioneer of the contemporary fiber arts movement in this exhibition of approximately 40 of his works. Rossbach created works in almost every known textile technique during his five decade-long career. His exuberant approach to making art free from expectations and rules came out of serious studies he made of historic textile techniques while a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

Experimenting with labor-intensive techniques such as Andean discontinuous warp weaving, European needle lace and Indonesian ikat, Rossbach reinterpreted these methods in his own two-dimensional and three-dimensional works. This collection, which includes a total of 80 objects, including works by Katherine Westphal, was given to the MFA by Daphne and Peter Farago in 2004. This gift makes the MFA the most important repository of the work of these artists.

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