San Francisco (September 19, 2024)– The Museum of Craft and Design (MCD) announces RugLife, an original exhibition on view from December 14, 2024 to April 20, 2025. Guest curated by Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox of c2-curatorsquared, RugLife features the work of 14 contemporary artists from around the world who use the rug as a medium to address cultural issues such as religion, technology, social justice, housing, and the environment. RugLife examines this functional-object-turned-
c2-curatorsquared has selected a diverse roster of artists and designers from the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, working across a variety of media including yarn, cardboard, repurposed carpets, and hair combs. The artwork featured in this exhibition is divided into four thematic sections: Interweaving Past and Present, Patterning a Communal Experience, Delineating a Sense of Place, and Looming Politics.
RugLife will be on view at the Museum of Craft and Design from December 14, 2024 to April 20, 2025. It will then travel to the Weatherspoon Museum of Art at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, the Weisman Museum of Art at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and the Pratt Manhattan Gallery at the Pratt Institute in New York City through Spring 2026.
