15. Lausanne Biennal:
Tuula Nikulainen-Isojunno: Homage to the Nomads
"The Lausanne exhibition was the first platform – and for many years the only one – to give textile artists the opportunity to explore new techniques and materials. As a result, textile art enjoyed thirty years of spectacular development. Artists began abandoning cartoons in favour of autonomous weaving, transforming the classic wall tapestry into a form of spatial and environmental art. They investigated the technical and expressive possibilities of unusual materials, as well as inventing and implementing new techniques. Alongside the classic French method of high-warp and low-warp weaving, a whole new world of three-dimensional textile art made its appearance at the Lausanne shows. The Tapestry Biennials gave textile art the chance to assert itself on the contemporary art scene as an autonomous artistic expression, and win public recognition."
