HAXTON founder Fraser Taylor with Dr Helena Britt and Lucy McEachan of Panel discuss methods of making, archival work and interdisciplinary approaches through the exhibition and publication Instant Whip: The Textiles and Papers of Fraser Taylor 1977–87.Revisited.
The exhibition Instant Whip is curated by Dr Helena Britt with Panel and presented in partnership with The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections, Reid Gallery at The Glasgow School of Art and Print Clan. The exhibition at the Reid Gallery and Window on Heritage runs from 16 March – 20 April 2024.
The accompanying publication is available to buy from both V&A Dundee Shop and Panel’s online shop.
Find out more about the speakers below.
Fraser Taylor studied Printed Textiles at The Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art. He co-founded The Cloth, a creative studio focused on contemporary textile design and production. Since 1983 he has developed an interdisciplinary art practice and exhibited internationally. As an educator he has lectured at leading fine art and design institutions, and from 2001 until 2017 was a Visiting Artist and Adjunct Full Professor in the Department of Fiber and Material Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2020 he launched HAXTON, a new body of printed textiles and garments.
Panel is a curatorial arts organisation led by Catriona Duffy and Lucy McEachan. Based in Glasgow, Panel promotes design in relation to particular histories, archives and collections through exhibitions, events and cultural projects. Their programme engages designers and public audiences and makes connections with practitioners and institutions whose work extends into visual arts, craft and other cultural contexts and frameworks.
Dr Helena Britt is the Programme Leader for BA (Hons) Textile Design at The Glasgow School of Art. Responsibilities include programme coordination and teaching printed textiles, supervision, assessment and research. Helena uses archive and practice-based methods, oral testimony and exhibition curation to investigate themes that intersect textile design processes and art school pedagogy. Ongoing research examines how designers and design groups appropriate and reinterpret design practices, motifs and techniques to generate new work.
