Fiber Art and the Cultural Ascendancy of the Global South

HANGZHOU, CHINA – The 5th Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art opened in September 2025. Curated by Jiang Jun, Huang Yan, Assadour Markarov, and Xu Jia, and Shi Hui as Director. This edition adopted “Re-Constellations” as its core theme, bringing together 45 outstanding artists from 17 countries and regions. In Hangzhou—a city historically known as a silk capital—these artists collectively wove a new cultural firmament through the medium of fiber art. The exhibition explores the cultural ascendancy of the “Global South” and speculates on the future of contemporary art against the backdrop of receding globalization and shifting values.