Foreword: Written by Michael Hanna, Editor of Point Pleasant Publishing. This is not an interview with textile artist Minyu Zhu, but rather, documented conversations and philosophical musings about her practice. As a result, these writings are far more natural and fluid in comparison to a standard interview, and the contents as well as structure are more similar to an autobiographical essay. What strikes me the most about Minyu Zhu is how complex she is, both as an artist and

Textiles are amongst the most misunderstood and underappreciated artforms in contemporary art, precisely because of the fragile and unstable nature of the fiber materials. In the works of Minyu Zhu, a London-based textile artist and graduate from the Royal College of Art, her complex yet fragile structures of textile fragments and installations have cocoon and web-like forms. The basis of Minyu Zhu’s textile works is she creates configurations which accentuate and glorify fra

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