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The Abstract Quilt Art of Mary Jo Bowers Today's post features Mary Jo Bower's art quilts. With her art quilts Bowers creates stories using the wonders of color, fabric and textile. The stories that she uses in each of these art quilts will be different from the stories that the viewer sees when looking at them. Viewers are asked to play with the images in the art quilts and find their own interpretations.
Bowers' art quilts are characterized by bold colors, shapes and dimensions using multiple kinds of dyed and painted fabrics and are enhanced by a variety of embellishments. These contemporary quilts are made in three layers - top, batting and backing, as in traditional quilts. However, they are not bed quilts. Instead, each art quilt is a piece of textile art to be displayed on the wall of homes and offices. Enjoy!
Note: As I've mentioned in previous posts, this week, certain music compliments visual art and for me, instrumental (non-vocal) music is best for complimenting visual art. The music accompanying the art of this video isn't complimentary. Although it is interesting and good (I like "Soul Searchin'" by Solomon Burke.), the music is so vibrant that it competes for my attention with the art. Instead of seeing the art itself, I find myself visualizing the story that the lyrics are depicting. If you feel the same, simply mute or turn the volume completely off or down. Then, after you've actually seen the art, replay to listen to the lyrics (and visualize its story).
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