Asia-Europe Fiber Art

The first exhibition ‘Asia-Europe’ (2011) took place in two prestigious places: the ‘Deutsches Textilmuseum’ in Krefeld (Germany) and the ‘Musée Jean Lurçat et de la tapisserie contemporaine’ in Angers (France).   Artists :   Marie-Noëlle Fontan (France) - Nobuko Hiroi (Japan) - Haruko Honma (Japan) - Yoshio Ikezaki (Japan) - Kakuko Ishii (Japan) - Mitsue Ito (Japan) - Yasuko Iyanaga (Japan) - Kim Jung-Ju (South-Korea) - Ken Kagajo (Japan) - Kumiko Kuroda (Japan) - Wang Kyung-Ae ( South Korea) - Federica Luzzi (Italy) -   Erny Piret (Belgium) - Hidemasa Sakihama (Japan) - Marika Szaraz (Hungary) - Koko Shimomura (Japan) - Marialuisa Sponga (Italy) - Kyoko Ueda (Japan) - Rieko Yashiro (Japan) - Jo Young-Hee (South-Korea) - Sabine Zeiler (Germany)                       Images: Deutsches Textilmuseum - Krefeld (Germany) Kakuko Ishii (Japan) Sabine Zeiler (Germany)

A LARGE VISION ON FIBER ARTS Author of the project  ‘Asia-Europe’ – contemporary fiber art exhibition is Erny Piret. The idea of a dialogue in contemporary textile art, is born on the occasion of the Biennial of Kaunas (Lithuania) in 2009. Curator and organizer of the first and second international traveling exhibition ‘Asia-Europe’: Erny Piret, collaborator of both editions: Kakuko Ishii. The exhibition ‘Asia-Europe’ presents all kinds of creations in relation with Asian and European countries and their textile techniques. Vision on Fiber Arts The exhibition is focused on the innovation of cultural, regional and traditional textile techniques. Essential in the concept is the sculptural aspect, the creative use and innovation in the techniques and materials, the transparency, the monochromatic relative and, in consequence, the soberness in this Art vision. Colours  are only used  to highlight the technique. However, the colour is ne