CLR: Lost In Lace

Lace has always been a key factor in fashion for hundreds of years; it is one trend that will never leave the catwalk or the streets. It is a unique fabric that is in our past, present and future. All you need to look at is Louis Vuitton's S/S12 collection with their new take on lace.

A number of artists have come together in the Gas Hall at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery to create the Lost in Lace exhibition. The works play with ideas around holes, spaces, boundaries and structures. It asks questions about how we divide space, both physical and architectural, using materials ranging from Swarovski crystals to polymers to video, from Tyvek to black wool and white cotton.

Traditionally white lace is associated with purity and black with sensuality. In this exhibition you vividly see the two opposites collide.

This is a must see in my book, not only if you’re interested in art, fashion or textiles but just to see the unique views from each artist about what the word lace means to them.

29^th October 2011- 19^th February 2012 at the Gas Hall, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, B3 3DH