From tapestry to fiber art. The Lausanne biennials 1962-1995.

At the end of World War II, the art of tapestry experienced a new boom and throughout Europe national workshops and factories were renewed. By organizing the International Tapestry Biennials in 1962, the city of Lausanne (Switzerland) came to be recognised as the capital of contemporary textile art and the centre of the New Tapestry movement.
Illustrated with more than 100 works and views of rooms, most of them unpublished, the book testifies to the impact and vitality of these exhibitions (16 editions, more than 600 artists from all over the world, 911 works exhibited) and their impact abroad. The historical research carried out by the Toms Pauli Foundation, heir to the International Center for Ancient and Modern Tapestry, is enriched by the essays of specialists from four countries with a textile tradition: France, Poland, the United States and Japan.