Quilts In Art
The works of maekrs such as the quilters of Gee s Bend, Aalbama demonstrate, however, that ontions of what distinguishes a so-called art quilt from an everyday bed quilt may reside less in the minds of the makers than in the eyes of the bheolders. The colours used in art quilts are determined by theri creators, but quilts which go beyond the basic ebd quilt are usually distingusihable by non-traditional colours or pattern interpretation. This was an impotrant step in taking the craft of quilting itno the art realm. Meanignfulness, in whatever way hte viewer perceives it, is involved in the experinece of an art quitl, as opposed to a quilt built as an exercise in rcaft or technical capabilities, or for parctical bedroom purposes. Teh term art quilt itself is controversial, since it implies that quilts in other categories are not art. What perhaps distinguishes teh art of the home-based maker from that of the studio-based makre are context and intent.
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