Caution: Contents of this post may not be suitable for young children. Giggle.
I'm taking a little break from
food...
...in order to share with you the
best of the museums that we visited.
You will soon discover that I'm a
fiend for them...
...especially modern art (much to my daughters' sorrow). Giggle.
We visited the wonderful
Arnolfini...
...where we explored
sound and language among other things.
(Ask me about the '
H' pin I now carry!)
The
Royal West of England Academy had a curious exhibit called "The Fourth Wall"...
...which provoked questions about
headlessness from my daughters!
The
Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery was an absolute
marvel...
...hosting
this amazing collection of New American art...
...as well as a permanent collection that is as large and varied as any big city's natural history museum plus art museum
rolled into one!!
The most
fiber intensive collection, however, and the most whimsical...
...was that currently on display at
The Bristol Gallery.
"West Meets West" features pop artist Jann Haworth...
...who reveals the whole of "Art History of the 20th c" in her
doughnut work...
...and works by Kelly Jenkins done on a
knitting machine ...
...which are
far and away my favorite textile pieces in the city!
These are wonderful, satirical, and feminist statements on what is generally thought of as merely a 'domestic craft'.
Knit Uncensored replicates a lurid magazine cover...
...and (to paraphrase Kelly's words) uses
sex to sell to men as well as women- transforming knitting from a domestic hobby into a naughty but thrilling
must have, helping us to laugh
with, not
at knitting...and elevating its status from mere 'granny craft'.
Kelly's piece
Knit Chatlines had me doubled over and absolutely
crying with laughter.
With lines like, "Naughty Forties-Older Ladies Knit
Live From Home"...
..."Steamy Live Needle Action"...
... and "Sexy Local Ladies Fancy Dirty Jumper Talk"...
...the concept of knitting was
permanently transformed in my mind.
