100 things blogging challenge: 11
Jul. 16th, 2012 11:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
untonugganContinuing on the quilting theme, there was an exhibit near Seattle that started after I left that I really wanted to see. It's called "Bold Expressions: African American Quilts from the Collection of Corrine Riley" and runs until October 7, 2012 at the Bellevue Arts Museum. Many of the materials are scraps of blue jeans, flour sacks, and work clothes.
Here is one sample from the deeply abridged (only 12 photos) and drool-worthy online exhibit, entitled "Controlled Crazy Quilt" (Indiana, 1970s):
image of a crazy quilt in bold colors and...I really can't do it justice with words, I'm sorry
For more images, click here.
From a review of the exhibit, which maybe does a better job with verbal expressions:
"I saw striking and organic Rauschenberg swathes in a strip-style quilt from East Texas, circa 1930s or ’40s, and, when looking at examples of what are categorized as “controlled crazy quilts,” I made plans to reorganize my already color-grouped closet in a whole new way. Reds and blues hang out with pale pink, two examples put cobalt blue with dull plum and creamy white, and different shades of denim show up in the most inspiring and satisfying ways....
It’s Riley’s contention, and BAM’s artistic director Stefano Catalani agrees, that all of the quilters’ decisions—the random red square, the broken pattern—were intentional, but I’ve found that many artists and designers are happy to admit that their best work often comes from a happy mistake or a last-minute recovery from some supply or time shortage."
Here is one sample from the deeply abridged (only 12 photos) and drool-worthy online exhibit, entitled "Controlled Crazy Quilt" (Indiana, 1970s):
image of a crazy quilt in bold colors and...I really can't do it justice with words, I'm sorry
For more images, click here.
From a review of the exhibit, which maybe does a better job with verbal expressions:
"I saw striking and organic Rauschenberg swathes in a strip-style quilt from East Texas, circa 1930s or ’40s, and, when looking at examples of what are categorized as “controlled crazy quilts,” I made plans to reorganize my already color-grouped closet in a whole new way. Reds and blues hang out with pale pink, two examples put cobalt blue with dull plum and creamy white, and different shades of denim show up in the most inspiring and satisfying ways....
It’s Riley’s contention, and BAM’s artistic director Stefano Catalani agrees, that all of the quilters’ decisions—the random red square, the broken pattern—were intentional, but I’ve found that many artists and designers are happy to admit that their best work often comes from a happy mistake or a last-minute recovery from some supply or time shortage."
