NEW YORK — From simple geometric shapes to the intricately wrought details of daily life, the quilt designs in a show now running at the American Folk Art Museum show how powerfully this art form has told stories for centuries and been a vehicle for creativity. “What this quilt knows and exposes is a bit about Black-lived experiences and artistic …
Imagine an affordable, limited-edition artwork that features both as a zine as well as a poster. Eight artists, including Anikesa Dhing, Aravani Art Project, Aqui Thami, Dhruvi Acharya, Meena Kandasamy, Rithika Pandey, Shilpa Gupta and Zeenat Kulavoor, have shared their dreams, hopes, prayers and wisdom for an equal world in the zine. “My stickers have been on autos, trains, galis, …
The desire to mend, repair and reuse is intrinsic to human nature, though that may be hard to believe in this age of disposable living. “We couldn’t close these gaps,” Kambadur admits on a video call, “especially since quilting was mostly considered to be ‘women’s labour’, not given the serious attention such work deserves.” Indeed, one of the ideas behind …
