For a hundreds of years, painters kept cloth in the background, as support material. This fascinating volume takes on cloth in its new, forefront role: as medium, material, aesthetic, and substance of contemporary art, architecture, design, fashion, and teacher. Illustrated with over two hundred works of art, Whole Cloth features a worldwide roster of artists, including such renowned figures as Robert Rauschenberg, Christo, Tina Modotti, Mariano Fortuny, Gaetano Pesce, and Kiki Smith.