fiber art is not exclusively gendered, is has typically been viewed as “women’s work” because women have so frequently been responsible for making clothing, bedding, and household accents. Some of the most common conceptual devices in fiber art consequently involve the revival or distortion of those traditions.
For contemporary fiber artists, materials include woven fabric that can be seen New York City then go to Radiance from the Rain Forest: Featherwork in Ancient Peru   02-26-2008 thru 09-01-2008
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Stre
New York, New York
212-535-7710, metmuseum.org