{"title":"Books \u0026 Magazines: Textiles","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"fabric-of-a-nation-american-quilt-stories","title":"Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdited with text by Pamela A. Parmal, Jennifer M. Swope, Lauren D. Whitley. Preface by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade by Americans of European, African, Native and Hispanic heritage, these quilts and bedcovers range from family heirlooms to acts of political protest, each with its own story to tell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA mother stitches a few lines of prayer into a bedcover for her son serving in the Union army during the Civil War. A formerly enslaved African American woman creates a quilt populated by Biblical figures alongside celestial events. A quilted Lady Liberty, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln mark the resignation of Richard Nixon. These are just a few of the diverse and sometimes hidden stories of the American experience told by quilts and bedcovers from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning more than 400 years, the 58 works of textile art in this book express the personal narratives of their makers and owners and connect to broader stories of global trade, immigration, industry, marginalization, and territorial and cultural expansion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtists include: Faith Ringgold, Sanford Biggers, Irene Williams, Bisa Butler, Harry Tyler, Harriet Powers, Marie D. Webster, Marguerite Zorach, Dorothy Phillips Haagensen, Rachel Cary George, Florence Peto, Creola Pettway, Susan Hoffman, Molly Upton, Nancy Crasco, Agusta Agustsson, Edward Larson, Michael James, Virginia Jacobs and Carla Hemlock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Idea House 3","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46978933784871,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/0189\/1367\/files\/81Wne558SnL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1698092071"},{"product_id":"textile","title":"Textile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor more than a decade, works of art made from plant material have been at the center of Olaf Holzapfel’s artistic practice. Since 2009, Holzapfel has been developing a group of works together with weavers from a Wichí family in Gran Chaco, Argentina. His works highlight the connection between humans as settlers and their surrounding landscape and emphasize the relationship between center and periphery, urban and rural. An example of this are the textile works and installations made from the cactus fibre Chaguar and presented in the publication Textile. These textile works were made in a collaborative process between the artist and the Wichí weavers Teresa, Mirta, Dionisia, Noelia, and Luisa Gutiérrez. In their beauty, the works combine contemporary aesthetics with the weavers’ knowledge of the colors and properties of the forest. The publication contains documentational material of Holtzapfel’s work, texts by Olaf Holzapfel, Andrea Elías, and Inka Gressel as well as an interview with the Wichí weavers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Idea House 3","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50233413959975,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0837\/0189\/1367\/files\/0D2637AC-E246-408A-A2E1-8E2C2F6F3410.png?v=1753046628"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.walkerart.org\/collections\/books-magazines-textiles.oembed","provider":"Walker Art Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}