Exhibitions
Past Exhibitions
Island Magic: Court and Tribal Textiles from Indonesia
November 7, 2008 – January 10, 2009
Minasian Rug Company, Evanston, IL
This exhibition is a rich sampling of the multitude of Indonesian cultures and traditions, from indigenous tribal sarongs, ikats and sacred ritual cloths to the highly stylized batiks of the Javanese court.
Whether abstract or realistic, each textile displays woven or applied symbols which bring the power of plants, animals and supernatural spirits into everyday life. All of these vintage and antique textiles were made for personal use by the women who wove them, often as “bride-wealth” symbols of prestige and accomplishment.
- Read more about this exhibit at hali.com
- Watch two short video interviews taped at the opening night reception for the exhibition, focusing on a group of pua cloths from Borneo, and why one might collect textiles from around the world.
The Amazing Diversity of Peasant & Nomad Bag Faces
April 24 – June 21, 2008
Minasian Rug Company, Evanston, IL
A noteworthy exhibition featuring more than 100 antique tribal and village bags and bag faces from Persia, Turkey, Afghanistan and the Caucasus. Highly collectable, these containers were both practical necessities and bold and colorful works of art which simultaneously celebrate the weaver’s skill and tribal identity.
- Read a Hali magazine review of this show
Wrapped in Beauty: The Allure of Antique Shawls
November 16 – January 26, 2008
Minasian Rug Company, Evanston, IL
Fine Kashmiri, Persian and European shawls from the Minasian Textile Arts inventory and from private collections. Come and explore this rare offering of luxuriously hand embroidered and Jacquard loomed pieces from the 18th and 19th centuries.
- Read an Evanston Roundtable review of this show.
Silk Road Discoveries: A Journey in Ethnographic Textiles
May 11 – July 28, 2007
Minasian Rug Company, Evanston, IL
This exhibition of court and tribal textiles brings together over 100 hand woven artworks from the rug-producing countries of Persia, Turkey, India, Pakistan, China, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Tibet and Morocco. Especially to be noted are a large group of Chinese minority group textiles and boldly colorful pieces from the Uzbek and Kazakh peoples of Central Asia.
The Printmaker’s Art
July 11, 1986 – August 30, 1986
Neville-Sargent Gallery
An invitational exhibition of both master and emerging printmakers in all traditional printmaking techniques plus new computer-enhanced methods. Among the artists included were Carol Summers, Letterio Calapai, Rudy Pozzatti, David Driesbach and Melinda Stickney-Gibson.