In this show, 45 contemporary quilt and textile artworks from 11 nations demonstrate that creativity, artistic inspiration and time-critical statements are not the sole preserve of painting, sculpture, graphics and photographic art. The high-caliber exhibits were selected by a five-member international jury from over 130 submissions.
The development of the "quilt" art form from a predominantly functional blanket to an autonomous work of art over the last 50 years is impressive. For example, the exhibition features a floor object entitled "Polar bear, I don't want to be a polar bear, in the warm polar", which is both expansive and political.