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SUMMARY:Wall Power! Spectacular Quilts from the American Folk Art Museum
DESCRIPTION:October 17, 2026–January 10, 2027, Gallery 120\nQuilts are America’s great art experiment: monumental compositions in color, pattern, geometry and representation, and traditionally, quilts are made mostly by women. The American Folk Art Museum has been at the forefront of the movement to bring recognition to quilts as a major art form with deep roots in American life and experience. Their collection is distinctive for highly individualized expressions in this medium that is both yielding and unforgiving, challenging the maker to test the limits imposed by cutting and piecing bits of fabric.\nThe quilts presented in this traveling exhibition are graphically striking examples that embody a sense of “wall power.” Packing a tough visual punch, the textiles hold space and defy the deceptive softness of their nature. Quilts on view range across time and place from the mid-nineteenth to the late twentieth century, from Alabama to Pennsylvania. The four sections of the exhibition highlight early twentieth-century quilts from a period of craft revival, designs developed by Amish communities, examples by African American makers, and traditional nineteenth-century patterns that formed a foundation for generations of quiltmakers to come.\nIn addition, a selection of American quilts from the DAI’s extensive textile collection will be presented to complement Wall Power!\nThis exhibition was organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New York, and is supported in part by the Bresler Foundation, the David Davies and Jack Weeden Fund for Exhibitions, and the Council for Traditional Folk Art.\n\nPlan your visit to see these and other incredible works!\nFeatured Image: Artist unidentified (Possibly Tennessee), Lozenge Quilt (detail), 1930s, Cotton, 79 ¾ X 77 ½ in., Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York Gift of Karen and Werner Gundersheimer, 2018.2.1 Photo by Gavin Ashworth\n
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