Woman's tube skirt 1975

This Woman's tube skirt was made by a Khmu artist, and it’s now in the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Looking at this, I imagine the artist deeply engrossed in their craft, probably working in a space where the rhythm of the loom becomes a kind of meditation. The dark indigo at the top sharply contrasts with the vibrant stripes below, it's really interesting, isn't it? The bands of color and texture remind me of a painter working with layers, building up the surface, stripe by stripe. I think of artists like Anni Albers who explored the intersection of weaving and abstract art. Each horizontal weft seems carefully considered, almost like a brushstroke. And the texture! You can almost feel the give and take of the threads, the rough and the smooth. It is a conversation between the artist and the material, each informing the other. There’s a real dialogue with the history of textile art.