Taeuber, Arp, and the Politics of Cross-Stitch
2009; College Art Association; Volume: 91; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/00043079.2009.10786165
ISSN1559-6478
Autores Tópico(s)Crafts, Textile, and Design
ResumoAbstractFrom about 1916 to 1918, Sophie Taeuber and Hans Arp collaborated on a set of closely related works—cross-stitch embroideries, collages, and sketches. Radically abstract, these vertical-horizontal compositions epitomize Zurich Dadaism's attempt to transform society by undermining bourgeois conventions—except they were not made public. An examination of the differences between Taeuber's and Arp's public and private identities reveals why they kept their most “advanced” work to themselves. It was only in private that they could develop a model of equal relations between a man and a woman that eliminated the hierarchical divisions between the arts and their gendered makers. Additional informationNotes on contributorsBibiana OblerBibiana Obler is an assistant professor of modern art at George Washington University. She is working on a book about artistic collaboration and the emergence of abstraction [Department of Fine Arts and Art History, George Washington University, 801 22nd Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20052, bobler@gwu.edu].
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