Until lions write their own history鈥�

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Through kimonos, wall hangings, mats, soft sculptures and paintings, artist Deanna Tyson tells her political tales and weaves her social comments through stitched and painted works.

鈥淭extiles, their application, their colours, their very threads and stitches reveal a great deal about the social history of differing cultures,鈥� says Tyson. 鈥淟ike a spider, I hope to lure the spectator in through a pretty and frivolous web of threads towards a political punch. Many of the pieces employ African wax cloth, the lineage of which is steeped in meaning and metaphor, legacies of colonialism, trade routes and exploitation.鈥�

探花直播exhibition space in the atrium of the Alison Richard Building (ARB) nestled among the Faculties of English, History, Divinity and Music is creating a reputation as one of Cambridge鈥檚 best-kept secrets, and a leading venue for contemporary international art.

Since the building鈥檚 opening last year, the ARB鈥檚 Public Art Committee has welcomed a series of exhibitions as part of its 鈥楢RT at the ARB鈥� initiative, including installation, photography, ceramic and textile work. 探花直播bright open space of the building鈥檚 atrium, arranged over three floors, lends itself to large and colourful pieces and offers a flexible approach to displaying three-dimensional works.

探花直播ARB, home to the Centre for Research in Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) is not just an elegant space, but also has art running through its veins. Last year award-winning contemporary ceramicist Edmund de Waal embedded his porcelain works into the very ground on which the building stands for his piece, A Local History. 探花直播three glass-covered, underfoot cabinets, or vitrines, that contain his collections of ceramic fragments echo the meticulous work of archivists at the Centre of African Studies, the Centre of South Asian Studies and Centre of Latin American Studies. 探花直播thrill of walking over these unmarked cabinets for the first time is well worth a visit.

Deanna Tyson鈥檚 exhibition of textile work, 鈥楿ntil lions write their own history the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter鈥�, will be open until 3 January 2014. Entry is free.

To find out more about 鈥楢RT at the ARB鈥�, and to propose a new exhibition, visit: https://arbart.crassh.cam.ac.uk/

An exhibition of contemporary textile art by Deanna Tyson has opened at the Alison Richard Building in response to the unique materials held there collected from all corners of the globe.

Deanna Tyson

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Until lions write their own history鈥�