On the very last day of my trip to New York, I managed to drag my family out to a small gallery around the corner from the
Brooklyn Museum. I found out about the show,
Art/Sewn, from
Anna Von Mertens' website while I was writing a
blog post about her quilts. Not wanting to miss a chance to see more of her work, I made sure that this gallery made it onto my packed agenda!
The
show featured 8 artists working in the medium of "needlework" to create art and I really enjoyed it. Since the gallery allowed me to take pictures, I'll let you experience it in much the same way that I did! Click on the pictures if you'd like to read the text bigger or see the work closer.
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| Art/Sewn curated by Ward Mintz at Five Myles |
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| Five Myles Gallery |
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| Vanishing Point by Anna Von Mertens |
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| Vanishing Point by Anna Von Mertens, detail of hand quilting |
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| Gray Area/Maximum Ebb at San Francisco Bay Entrance by Anna Von Mertens |
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| Gray Area/Maximum Ebb at San Francisco Bay Entrance by Anna Von Mertens, hand quilting detail |
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| Empty Night by Jessica Rankin |
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| Empty Night by Jessica Rankin, embroidery detail |
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| Empty Night by Jessica Rankin, embroidery detail |
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| Machination by Denise Burge |
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| Recollection....Terra Cotta (1) by Elisa D'Arrigo |
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| Filled by Linnea Glatt |
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| Filled by Linnea Glatt, knot detail |
Whooooah! I love vanishing point! Thanks for sharing these photos. What an awesome exhibition!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see a quilt that is not the traditional oblong with square corners and perfectly straight sides... Love that!
ReplyDeleteThis show was definitely NOT traditional!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing these. The Vanishing Point is extraordinary.
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