CLOTH: Fabric Surface Design by Mary Gill
Monday, August 20 - Thursday, September 20, 2001
Public Reception: Tuesday, August 28, 6-8 p.m.
A Gallery Walk with Mary Gill Wednesday, September 5, noon.

This exhibition features examples of hand-decorated fabrics produced by WIU assistant professor of art Mary Gill which demonstrate coloring processes derived from ancient design traditions and textile decoration techniques. Represented processes include shibori, or tie and dye, a 1300 year-old art form found in East and West Asia, Africa and South America; block printing, a technique that originated in Asia in the 8th Century and the 17th Century in Europe; and batik, a wax or flour paste resist technique developed about 1200 years ago from East and West Asia. In this exhibition Mary Gill combines and synthesizes the techniques and traditions with new applications to create a collection of fabrics that echo the artist's diverse West Indian cultural heritage.

For the Gallery Walk, Artist Mary Gill presents a gallery walk discussing the various fabric decoration techniques and traditions represented in her work.

This exhibition is supported by a Faculty Development Research Award from the WIU Department of Art.