LAMB and Paul Hughes are delighted to present Continuities a group exhibition spanning 2000 years of textiles in Latin America. Considered the first art form in the Andean region, textiles were vessels to convey identity and became paramount in reflecting social, occupational, and political status.
Andean textiles encompassed not only clothing items but also adornments used in outdoor and indoor spaces accompanying the communities' architecture. After the Spanish Conquest, many weavers continued producing garments, and due to colonial influences, new categories of textiles emerged in the region.
The exhibition highlights the impact of the pre-Colombian textile tradition on contemporary artistic production. Works by artists including Norberto Nicola and Mira Schendel are placed in conversation with Andean pieces in order to shed light on the formal and conceptual influence of pre-Colombian pieces in the practice of contemporary artists.