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The Story Quilts of Yvonne Wells
Paperback
American Art - African American & BlackFolk & Outsider ArtIndividual Artists
Publisher Price: $60.00
ISBN13: 9780817361389
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Published: Sep 5 2024
Pages: 360
Weight: 4.25
Height: 1.00 Width: 10.90 Depth: 9.70
Language: English
The Story Quilts of Yvonne Wells is an introduction and definitive guide to the self-taught quilter whose expansive body of work serves as testament to the sweeping tides of American life and Wells's significance as a major figure within the folk art and art world writ large.
Beginning when she was nearly 40 years old and without formal training, Wells created her first quilt for practical use but was soon hand stitching appliqué figures into bold, original designs that unleashed her voice as a storyteller. Incorporating a wide variety of symbolic materials and unconventional objects--anything I can stick a needle in--Wells's vivid story quilts reveal a fearless and encyclopedic vision ranging from the intimately autobiographical to iconic scenes from African American history, the Bible, Southern culture, and contemporary headlines.
The result of years of close collaboration between Stacy I. Morgan and Wells herself, The Story Quilts of Yvonne Wells is richly illustrated with more than 100 quilts accompanied by narratives about each, told in the artist's own words, and interspersed with in-depth essays documenting Wells's unique artistic practice and creative journey during her five-decade art career.
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