Art Quilts - Part V[1]Art EssayMarie-Therese Wisniowski

Preamble
Art Quilts have featured on this blogspot and so for your convenience I have listed below previous posts in this series:
Art Quilts - Part I
Art Quilts - Part II
Art Quilts - Part III
Art Quilts - Part IV
Art Quilts - Part V
Art Quilts - Part VI
Art Quilts - Part VII
Art Quilters of the Netherlands - Part I
Art Quilters of the Netherlands - Part II
Art Quilters of the Netherlands - Part III
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part I
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part II
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part III
Art Quilts of Jane Sassaman
Art Quilts of Michael A. Cummings
Four Selected European Art Quilters - Part IV

Introduction[1]
The art quilt movement began in the United States at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The Whitney's 1971 exhibit 'Abstract Design in American Quilts' showcased quilts as a work of art rather than as bedcovers. The United States' bicentennial in 1976 further emphasised that the art of women, as in traditional quilt making, was largely ignored by the art media at large and in doing so, was missing a new genre in art that the feminist movement helped to further advertise. It took nearly another decade before the genre was labelled 'Art Quilt.' Finally, an art genre founded by women was finally recognised as a true art genre, whereby the art medium was now cloth.

I hope you enjoy some of the art quilts that are exhibited in this post, thereby giving you a sampler of a wonderful book[1] that should be proudly sitting on your shelf!

Art Quilts - Part V[1]

Title: Willow (1996).
Artist: Jane Sassaman.
Materials and Techniques: Machine appliqué and quilted.
Photograph courtesy of Geogory Gantner.
Size: 75 x 75 inches (1.9 x 1.9 m).

Title: African Jazz#5 (1990).
Artist: Michael A. Cummings.
Materials and Techniques: Cotton, blends, buttons, textile paint; appliquéd, machine sewn.
Photograph courtesy of Karen Bell.
Size: 108 x 72 inches (2.7 x 1.8 m).

Title: After the Rain (2004).
Artist: Ita Ziv.
Materials and Techniques: Nylon bags, nets; machine pieced, reverse appliquéd.
Photograph courtesy of Ran Erde.
Size: 108 x 72 inches (2.7 x 1.8 m).

Title: Fruition 2: Towards Sunset (1999).
Artist: Cher Cartwright.
Materials and Techniques: Cotton fabric, rayon thread; hand dyed, machine pieced and quilted.
Photograph courtesy of Kem Mayer.
Size: 33 x 34 inches (83.8 x 111.8 cm).

Title: Silent Sentinels (2004).
Artist: Noriko Endo.
Materials and Techniques: Cotton, tulle; machine quilted, appliquéd and embellished.
Size: 66 x 76 inches (1.7 x 1.9 m).
Photograph courtesy of Nagamitsu Endo.

Title: Grandchild (2002).
Artist: Deidre Scherer.
Materials and Techniques: Fabric, thread; cut, pieced, layered, machine sewn.
Size: 23 x 19 inches (58.4 x 48.3 cm).
Photograph courtesy of Jeff Baird.

Title: Getting Dizzy (1998).
Artist: Carolyn L. Mazloomi.
Materials and Techniques: Cotton, silk, netting; collage, machine quilted.
Size: 52 x 46 inches (1.3 x 1.2 m).
Photograph courtesy of Robert Giesler.

Title: School: It's Never Too Late to Learn (2000).
Artist: Hollis Chatelain.
Materials and Techniques: Cotton fabrics, wool batting, finer-reactive dyes; hand dye-painted, machine quilted.
Size: 63 x 46 inches (1.6 x 1.2 m).
Photograph courtesy of Lynn Ruck.

Title: Iron Lace (2006).
Artist: Linda Colsh.
Materials and Techniques: Cotton, used coffee filters, computer images and screens from photography by the artist; hand dyed, discharged and printed, machine pieced and quilted.
Size: 63 x 46 inches (1.6 x 1.2 m).
Photograph courtesy of Fotostudio Leemans.

Title: Body Garden (2002).
Artist: Charlotte Yde.
Materials and Techniques: Hand-dyed and commercial cotton; dyed, painted, machine pieced and quilted.
Size: 44 x 52 inches (1.1 x 1.3 m).
Photograph courtesy of Niels Jensen.

Reference:
[1] M. Sielman, Masters: Art Quilts, Lark Books, New York (2008).