Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema (Venue Partner)
40 Arts Circle Drive
Northwestern University
847 491 4000
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Theo Leffmann, detail of Land Without End, 1975, wool.
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July 9, 2010 – Aug 29, 2010
Tuesdays–Sundays (10am–5pm)
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Directions: On the south end of Northwestern University's campus, just off Sheridan Road. Free parking at NU after 4 pm weekdays and all day weekends. Near the CTA Purple Line Davis and Foster stops and the Metra Davis stop.
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The fiber art of Chicagoan Theo Leffmann (1911–1996) evokes the ancient and the exotic, echoing pre-Columbian and non-Western processes and forms with a distinct personal vision. Influenced by her teacher, the modernist sculptor Alexander Archipenko, while studying at Chicago’s New Bauhaus (now the Illinois Institute of Technology), Leffmann experimented with processes, textures and media throughout her career. Working on and off the loom, she employed techniques from traditional weaving and braiding to wrapping and crocheting and incorporated yarn, wool, metal, leather and other tactile materials.
