Textile Art of Today: Umenie, ktoré spája

The exhibition presents works by 50 artists from 16 European Union countries as part of the 7th annual Textile Art of Today. It is dedicated to modern textile art that reflects themes such as identity, memory, the environment, and social justice.

The exhibition connects cultures, generations, and values, while showing that textile art is one of the most important contemporary forms of artistic expression.

Fibers dancing on the screen, scenic installations that provoke all the senses, interwoven photographs, and tapestries evoking painted images. From February 10, the Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum will be transformed into a place full of colors, ideas, and stories woven from threads. This is thanks to the seventh edition of the international exhibition Textile Art of Today, which has been bringing together artists from around the world for almost 20 years. As festival director Andrej Augustín says, „Similar to previous years, it is not just about the beauty of fabrics and craftsmanship. Today, artistic textiles open up topics that affect us all – identity, memory, the environment, but also social justice.“

Thanks to modern technologies such as digital embroidery, optical fibers, and interactive surfaces, works of art are transformed into „living“ objects that respond to light or the viewer’s movements. Today, textile art can be found in some of the world’s most prestigious galleries, from MoMA in New York to Tate Modern in London to LACMA in Los Angeles. Once considered marginal, it now stands in the spotlight as an equal partner to painting and sculpture.

The central motto, „Art that connects,“ expresses the idea of connecting cultures, generations, and values. The exhibition features 50 artists from 16 EU countries whose work reflects the principles of dignity, freedom, equality, and human rights. The exhibition, which had its successful premiere at Hlohovec Castle, has a considerable ambition – to shift the perception of classical textile art towards a reflection of the modern era, full of modern technologies and reactions to global and local problems of today’s world as perceived by artists.