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About the Collections
The Fabric Workshop and Museum is the only museum of its kind in the world, and the permanent collections document its unique history of artistic activity with contemporary artists. Numbering over 5,500 objects, the collections trace many major movements in the field since 1977, and include significant works by artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Ann Hamilton, Reverend Howard Finster, Anish Kapoor, Robert Kushner, Glenn Ligon, Robert Morris, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, and Carrie Mae Weems.
In addition to completed works of art, the collections also include important documentation and process materials relating to the creative development of projects by Artists-in-Residence. These photographic, video, and process materials are available for loan and research, and provide a valuable window into the conceptual and technical development of works of contemporary art.
The collections fall into three categories:
- Commissioned works of art created in the Artist-in-Residence Program, which range from large-scale installations and sculptures, to drawings and paintings, to silk-screen printed fabric garments and textiles
- Artist Boxes, which are assembled at the completion of each
artist's residence and include samples, prototypes, swatches and other
materials related to the creative process. Read more about
the artist's process.
- Photography and Video Archives
of still images and videos documenting the creative process of artist's
residencies, artist and curator lectures, exhibitions, special fabrication
techniques, and educational activities. Images from the photo archive are
available for publication upon request; contact us at info@fabricworkshopmuseum.org.
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