The Fabric Workshop and Museum

Life Scroll

The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) presents Life Scroll, a collaboration with world-renowned Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang. The exhibition will feature two new large-scale works, including an open studio where weavers from Hunan Province will be producing tapestries and a new installation comprising an explosion drawing on fabric and a man-made running river, as well as a selection of films and objects documenting his past explosion events.

About the Fabric Workshop and Museum

The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) is the only museum of its kind, offering internationally renowned artists the resources to create new work in experimental materials. Artists come from all media including sculpture, installation, video, painting, ceramics, and architecture and use FWM's facilities and technical expertise to create works of art that they could not create on their own. Research, construction, and fabrication occur on-site in studios that are open to the public, providing visitors with the opportunity to see works of art from conception to completion. FWM's permanent collections include not only complete works of art, but also material research, samples, prototypes, and photography and video of artists making and speaking about their work. Access to the creative process provides visitors with a point of entry into understanding challenging works of contemporary art. FWM offers an unparalleled experience to the most significant artists of our time, students, and the general public.