Falling Leaves: International Impressions

Tuesday, October 1, 2002—Sunday, March 30, 2003
Hallway between Galleries 350 and 351
Free Exhibition

Nature has always proved an inspiration for artists of all media. In this exhibition, Scandinavian and American textile designers have drawn on the aesthetic sensibilities inherent in a range of artistic styles, from the modernist movement to the emotional power of ethnographic art forms. Focusing on the leaf form, from bamboo to coffee plants, these 20th-century designers have worked with a variety of textile producers from high-tech Swiss mills to hand-weavers in Thailand to express the power and diversity inherent in nature.