I've been writing for Quilters Newsletter magazine since
1977 I think. I have an article in the February/March 2014 issue.
Somebody there reads my Historically Modern blog and asked me to summarize the blog's theme: how quilts affected modernism and how modernism affected quilts.
Threads of Modernism
I included a few antique quilts that are good examples of modernism's principles of abstraction, simple shapes and basic color.
Like this Mennonite Log Cabin from Laura Fisher
at Fisher Heritage quilts.
And a few contemporary quilts by my friends that might exemplify
post-modernism.
Here's one of my favorites:
This is a Quilt, Not Art by Joe Cunningham, 1996
Read more about the issue here:
Click on the links to posts on the Historically Modern Blog in which I talk about modernism's principles and how they relate to quilts.
Principle: Abstraction:
http://historicallymodernquilts.blogspot.com/2013/04/principles-of-modernism-abstraction.html
Principle: Unmodulated Color
http://historicallymodernquilts.blogspot.com/2013/05/principles-of-modernism-unmodulated.html
Principle: Minimalism
http://historicallymodernquilts.blogspot.com/2013/06/principles-of-modernism-minimalism.html
Principle: Scale
http://historicallymodernquilts.blogspot.com/2013/08/principles-of-modernism-scale.html
I've been reading your articles in QNM since the beginning and recently let my subscription expire because the magazine contents seemed lacking any substance - now I will want to get the Feb/March issue!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lifetime dedication to art & quilts.
I received my copy today. Enjoyed your article. They always make me think and evaluate what I see.
ReplyDeleteBarbara - like life itself quilting is never static. Each era, even each generation, puts a twist on the old and at times tries to reinvent quilting!
ReplyDeleteI owe you so much for what you have written in books and share on your blog. I enjoy adapting to my tastes antiques quilts. Never having been one to 'copy' a quilt ... putting my little twist on an 1840's quilt delights me.
Thanks for all you have done, and continue to do.
JulieinTN