Xiao Tan is an artist who predominately works with textiles. Following a degree in Fashion Engineering in China, her interdisciplinary and cross-cultural way of thinking allows her to contribute to the literal as well as metaphorical interpretation of textiles.
Xiao Tan
Untitled (Colour fall) –
In this series of works, colours are woven together or falling down. The varied materiality of yarns and colours stand for different emotions and moods. The consistency and fluidity of weaving reflect the flux and stability in my life experiences.
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Untitled (Colour fall)
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Untitled (Colour fall)
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weaving textilesSize:
16cm in width
Untitled (Blue and Orange Linen) –
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Untitled (Blue and Orange Linen) –
Thinking about contrast.
Untitled (Blue and Grey Linen) –
Thinking about my hotel window.
Untitled (Blue) –
Thinking about blue.
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Weaving textilesSize:
20cm in width
Untitled (Winter)
Untitled (Winter)
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TextilesSize:
23cm in width
Untitled
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Untitled
Untitled
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Textiles
Untitled (White) –
A repetition of cutting and rethreading.
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Textiles
Untitled (Motif)
Untitled (Motif)
Untitled
Untitled
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WeavingSize:
105cm in width
Textile is an entity. It extends beyond the surface, communicating itself through fibers to threads, planes to spaces. As an artist and a weaver, I resonate with the tension and sensuality of threads that penetrate every stage of the making. Threads are my material language in capturing and expressing scenes and emotions experienced in everyday life.