BURNABY ARTS COUNCIL - Gone Hooking

RAGS: A group show of OutRAGeous Traditional Rug Hooking
Presented by the Gone Hooking Group

Hooked Rug detail An exhibit of rug hooking by 25 Lower Mainland artists along with demonstrations held Saturdays and Sundays.

As early as the 1750's in North America, women were making "Bed Ruggs" from scraps of fabric. This art was related to Tramp Art and other rural and itinerant folk arts.

From the beginnings as a folk art, men and women have been telling their stories through the rugs they made. Gone Hooking tells a different story from our mentors of the past. Most of the artists live in subdivisions, so hooked images of the family farm are told with nostalgia. Instead, the artists are more likely to explore interior images, both physical and mental.

Much of the work deals with the action and interaction of colour and form. Surface texture too plays an important part and the members all treat the play of texture, form and colour in different ways.

Gone Hooking is a diverse group of artists who share enthusiasm for pushing rug-hooking to new limits:
"We make our art from simple beginnings, and in our People's Art, this is what links us to the rug-hookers of the past."

AT THE DEER LAKE GALLERY