Uzbek Embroidery in the Nomadic Tradition: The Jack and Aviva Robinson Collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

📙 This fully illustrated catalogue, Uzbek Embroidery in the Nomadic Tradition: The Jack A. and Aviva Robinson Collection at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, accompanied the exhibition, and is distributed by Art Media Resources, Ltd, on behalf of the MIA. This color catalogue is written by Central Asian art experts Kate Fitz Gibbon and Andrew Hale, and includes a preface by Lotus Stack, Curator of Textiles at the MIA. About the exhibit: Dazzling Central Asian textiles from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century were on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA). Sixty dynamic and intricately patterned embroideries from the nomadic and rural peoples living along the fabled Silk Road were on view June 2 through August 26, 2007. The embroideries, ranging from highly abstracted wall hangings to boldly colored horse covers, reflect the diversity and aesthetic traditions of Central Asia as well as the identity and cultural values of their creators-the horse-breeding Lakai Uzbek, the agrarian Kungrat Uzbek, and the settled peoples of Samarkand and Bukhara. The exhibition, organized by the MIA, and the accompanying catalogue are a celebration of the gift of ninety-seven embroideries to the museum from the superb collection of Jack A. and Aviva Robinson. Издательство: Art Media Resources Ltd Автор: Kate Gibbon