COLLECTING FILIPINO TEXTILES: INTERVIEW WITH JOHN YU - TAASA Review June 2017

COLLECTING FILIPINO TEXTILES: INTERVIEW WITH JOHN YU – TAASA Review June 2017

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This article was originally found in the June 2017 edition of TAASA Review (Volume 26, Issue 2, Page 22).

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Ross Langlands I n this interview, John Yu, collector and art philanthropist, discusses what drove his collecting impulses and how he came to be interested in Filipino textiles. Wrap-around skirt (kain), 20th century, Philippines (Kalinga, Cordillera, Luzon).

Cotton, shells, beads; brocade, 77.5 x 103 cm.

Art Gallery of New South Wales...