Minneapolis Institute of Art

Rag rug

Amazigh (Berber) artist

Date

1980s

Medium

Cotton, industrial yarn

Culture

Amazigh (Berber)

Department

Global Contemporary Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This rug, with its bold design in black and green, has a strikingly modernist feel to it. It represents the innovative approach of contemporary women weavers in Morocco. Since the 1970s, a new style developed in both rural areas and small urban centers: so-called “rag rugs” made in part of recycled fabric—often remnants of used clothes. Amazigh (Berber), Africa

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