Über Quilts
Über Quilts presents work by emerging visual artists who use the structure of the quilt in combination with unconventional materials and techniques to present new forms that defy categorization.
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(The Bronx, February 1, 2001)
Longwood Arts Project hosts Über Quilts, a group exhibit of visual art guest-curated by Karina Aguilera Skvirsky. The exhibition takes place at the Longwood Arts Gallery, the visual arts facility of the Bronx Council on the Arts, located at 965 Longwood Avenue between Beck Street and Kelly Street in the Bronx from March 3 - April 21, 2001. A public opening and reception takes place from 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 10th. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturdays 12-4 p.m. and by appointment.
Photos by Frank Gimpaya
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Über Quilts Über Quilts presents work by emerging visual artists who use the structure of the quilt in combination with unconventional materials and techniques to present new forms that defy categorization. |
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Precious and Priceless and Fascinating and Winsome Kenta Furusho's sleeping bag quilt, entitled Precious and Priceless and Fascinating and Winsome, is an inflatable artwork that explores the practical aspects of the quilt as a "blanket" for sleeping. Using multiple fabrics and a fan, the piece expands and contracts as though breathing. |
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Crazy Quilt Maureen Cummins' Crazy Quilt assembles written stories of women who were imprisoned for madness over the last century. The hinged pages unfold in four directions. Each page is a patchwork of black alternating with rich blocks of color. The text is in the form of stitch-like handwriting. |
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Blanket for Yves Klein Drunell Levinson's Blanket for Yves Klein piece is made out of packaged condoms. Tied together, their repetition of form and color mimics traditional quilt making. |
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A Short History of Quilt Making Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, in A short history of quilt making, scans a series of quilts by African Americans to highlight their contribution to the quilt making tradition. Each image shows not only a detail of the quilt but the half-tone pattern created from the scanned books and footnoted information about the quilt. |
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Shawne Major Shawne Major's over-sized, three-dimensional quilt is like a visual story elaborated upon continuously. Her works take months to complete because of all the objects that are embedded into her colorful forms |
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Michael Pribich's Quilt Michael Pribich's Quilt uses newspaper and gold leaf to create a quilt using found objects. His process mirrors the process of traditional quilt makers who use fabric scraps to create their quilts. |
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Patchwork Maddy Rosenberg's Patchwork is a series of small oil panels arranged like patchwork. The paintings both create a pattern and tell a story. |
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Mary Valverde-Velez Mary Valverde-Velez will use thrown-away found objects to create a "quilt" that uses abstractions as a means of patterning. Some of the objects used include; paperclips, paper and yarn. |
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