Thursday, May 2, 2013

Abstraction in Today's Modern Quilts

The Poppies
from a Crafty Course

Modernism is about pushing abstraction. We know it's a poppy because whoever made it says it's a poppy.
Tulip Tree
 Denyse Schmidt

Here are two traditional abstractions (another oxymoron)---representations of nature.

See more at Denyse Schmidt's webpage:
http://www.dsquilts.com/quilts.asp
Twelve Trees
From Oakshott Fabrics
They sell a kit:
http://www.oakshottfabrics.com

I had a hard time finding abstracted imagery that the makers would classify as modern quilts---which makes me think that representations are just as foreign to today's modern movement as they were to the abstract painters of the post World War II years.
Painting by Mark Rothko
No. 3/No. 13 (Magenta, Black, Green on Orange), 
1949
Collection of the Museum of Modern Art
See the Museum's Rothko collection by clicking here:
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=5047

 Nevertheless: I found a few interesting abstractions in modern quilts.
Click on these links:

 Jacquie Gering's Tulip at Tallgrass Prairie Studios
http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/2013/04/wishing-for-spring.html

 Sheila Frampton-Cooper's quilts:
http://zoombaby.com/my_work/quilts/17193764

And several at the West Michigan Quilters guild show:
http://westmichquilter.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-little-modern-at-wmqg.html 

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6 comments:

  1. suzanneMay 3, 2013 at 8:03 AM

    Those quilts are gorgeous! Thanks for picking these examples.

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  2. AnonymousMay 3, 2013 at 10:03 PM

    Thanks for your eagle eye and willingness to report to all of us. Always find your blogs interesting and educational -- and humorous -- art history indeed. lol.
    Reminds me of a class in college, architectural history, a subject that actually interested me, but taught by the meanest and most boring teacher I have ever had. So glad that you are expansive and funny, and my teacher.

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  3. Bella PinkMay 6, 2013 at 11:40 AM

    Hey, Art history wasn't so bad...it sure beat "The Picaresque Novel" as a class subject! I'm not that crazy about the moderne quilts but my 32 year old daughter would rather have one of those than one's I've already made her.....just sayin'...arden

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  4. Sheila Frampton-CooperMay 17, 2013 at 8:46 PM

    Thanks for posting a link to my site Barbara! However, I do not consider myself to be a "modern quilter". I'm fairly new to quilting, but I'm an artist who loves abstraction, and always has. :)

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  5. Barbara BrackmanMay 18, 2013 at 9:12 AM

    Sheila--Nobody likes labels, but you do a terrific job with abstraction and solid color.

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  6. Sheila Frampton-CooperMay 20, 2013 at 5:35 PM

    :) Thank you Barbara...

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