Susan and I met Barbara and Bill at the Museum of Fine Arts, with our primary goal of seeing the exhibit on quilts. Bill and I both agreed, it was so much more than we expected, and very rewarding. Pictures (all taken with a I phone) can give an idea, but I strongly suggest that if you can see it in person, you will be very glad you did.
The exhibit is strongly influenced by the MFA trying to throw off decades of white, conservative views of the world, and it succeeds very dramatically, although some might say it is overselling the issue. But it is an overwhelmingly great example of curating with the greatest possible flair. Bravo!
There were 50 quilts, and all were worthy of a space in this blog, but I wondered about a reader's patience. So, I hope I've done the right editing.
Enjoy.
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| Irene Williams American (active in Gee's Bend, Alabama Vote (Housetop Variation) 1975 |
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| Unidentified Maker American (probably active in Indiana) Hoosier Suffrage Quilt, before 1920 |
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| Florence M. Cowden Peto American (active in Tenafly, New Jersey) Pot of Flowers with Wild Geese, early 1950s |
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| Unidentified maker American (probably active in the Connecticut River Valley) 18th. century |
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| Unidentified maker Probably active in England Quilted bedcover, late 17th or early 18th century |
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| detail of above |
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| Unidentified maker Active in Mexico, 17th-18th centuries Embroidered cover (colcha) |
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| Unidentified maker Indian, 17th-18th century Quilt |
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| Eunice Dennie Burr American (active in Fairfield, Connecticut) Corded bedcover (detail), about 1790 |
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| Unidentified maker American, active in Baltimore Album quilt, 1847-50 |
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| Celestine Bacheller American, active in Boston Pictorial Crazy Quilt, about 1880 |
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| detail of above |
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| Carolyn L. Mazloomi American (active in Ohio) Strange Fruit II, 2020 depicting the great Billie Holiday and her most courageous recording |
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| Sanford Biggers American (active in New York) A Deeper Form of Chess 2017 |
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| C. Winne American, 19th century Crazy quilt, 1885 |
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| Agusta Agustsson American (active in Massachusetts) Blanket of Red Flowers `1979 |
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| detail of above (well, didn't you want a closer look?) There was a group of teenagers gathered around this, pointing and giggling, and I was tempted to say, "And you thought museums were all collections of dusty relics" but then I remembered what one of Don's grandchildren said to him, "Grandaddy, don't be creepy!" so I refrained. |
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| Virginia Jacobs American (active in Philadelphia) Krakow Kabuki Waltz 1986 (the title is so great for this sphere, easily 6 feet in diameter) |
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| detail of above |
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| Carla Hemlock Haudenosaunee, Kanienkahaka (Mohawk) Active in Kahnawake, QC, Canada Survivors, 2011-13 |
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| detail of above |
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| Sylvia Hernandea American (active in Brooklyn) #howmanymore, 2018 |
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| designed by Edward Larson (American, active in Liberty, Illinois Quilted by Fran Soika (active in Novelty, Ohio) Nixon Resignation 1979 |
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| Richard H. Rowley and probably Louise Rowley Americans (active in Chicago) A Century of Progress 1933 |
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