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The Quilt as Art Form |
| Section: THE ARTS / DESIGN |
| Author: Samantha Taylor |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 6/1/1991 |
| Size: 735 Words, 4,529 Characters |
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Everyone knows that jazz is indigenous, but how many people realize that the quilt is an American contribution to the arts? And are they aware of just how hot the quilt is in fashionable circles, not only as a collector's item but as an evolving art form?
Quilting-stitching two layers of fabric together, often with wool or cotton batting between them--has long been practiced in China, India, Iran, and the Arab Middle East. In Europe, quilting bedcovers was a minor art between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries.
But it was in America that the "...
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...f quilting; the quilt has a spiritual identity. It is this identity that is the focal point of the exhibition.
Works by men as well as women, and by black, Asian-American, Native American, Hispanic, and white quilt makers are being shown. The quilts display a consistently high artistic level and explore the essence of the quilt. Whether or not they can warm the body, they warm the soul.
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