Lenore Tawney was an American fiber artist who lived from 1907 to 2007, a central figure in elevating weaving from craft to fine art beginning in the 1960s. She was known for open-warp woven forms and large-scale sculptural hangings that departed from traditional flat tapestry, gaining wider recognition through gallery exhibitions in New York during that decade. Her studio and her circle of collaborators among Manhattan fiber artists helped establish fiber art as a recognized sculptural medium.
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Claire Zeisler, Artists Leading figures of the same 1960s-70s American fiber art movement, frequently grouped together in survey exhibitions and literature of the movement.
Kay Sekimachi, Artists Leading figures of the same 1960s-70s American fiber art movement, frequently grouped together in survey exhibitions and literature of the movement.
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1. Wikipedia: Lenore Tawney
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She is considered to be a groundbreaking artist for the elevation of craft processes to fine art status, two communities which were previously mutually exclusive.
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