Olga de Amaral: To Weave a Rock

A visual artist based in Bogotá, Colombia, Olga de Amaral (b. 1932) is one of the most recognized names in craft and Latin American art. Drawing on techniques like plaiting and wrapping and materials such as horsehair and gold leaf, Amaral’s transformative woven sculptures result from a lifetime of experimentation. Olga de Amaral: To Weave a Rock traces Amaral’s career over five decades, features more than 40 key pieces of work, and examines the artist’s oeuvre through the lens of contemporary and fiber art.

Olga de Amaral: To Weave a Rock celebrates an artist who for decades has gracefully produced across traditional divides: fine art and craft, local and universal, ethereal and material.

Published to accompany an exhibition of the same title at Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills (US), between November 19, 2020 and March 7, 2021, and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (US) between June 27, to September 19, 2021.

144 pages