“De-Constructing Colin”
“Fabulous Fibers” at Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs, NY
Among the most memorable shows I have seen while I was living in New York City were exhibitions of quilts – on view were Amish Quilts one year, and then several years later at The Whitney Museum they held the show of quilts from Gee’s Bend. The Amish quilts were collaborations, and one can imagine a regular social circle that met to create striking abstract art as important as any Joseph Albers painting. The Gee’s Bend quilters were extraordinary and had such a high aesthetic vision of what could be accomplished with some patches of fabric.
So, I have been influenced by fabric arts going way back into Chinese embroidery, Ikats, Pre-Columbian Peruvian weaving, batik from Bali, printed chintz from India and Japanese kimonos.
I have collected fabric art, so I was interested to see the show called “Fabulous Fibers” from the group known as R.A.F.A. ( Rochester Area Fiber Artists). As with any show of this size ( over a hundred pieces in the exhibition ) there are always going to be some exceptional things to see, so I thought that I would share this with you.
