Textiles are soft, flexible and tactile. They offer warmth, protection and comfort. We cover ourselves in them every day, and in art they often denote femininity. Yet nowadays, textiles have come to evoke much broader associations.

So intimately entwined with humanity, this medium lends itself to addressing life’s great issues. From threatening balaclavas and sweet flowery dresses to “harnesses” of discarded carpets, or antlers bound in cloth: the pieces in “Under the Skin” explore feelings of attraction and repulsion.