American Folk Art Museum, Lincoln Square branch
Columbus Ave at 66th St
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Carrie Stelzer, Grandmother's Flower Garden Quilt, 1931-34, Courtesy American Folk Art Museum
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Oct 21, 2008 – Mar 15, 2009
Daily
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$9
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For Recycling & Resourcefulness, the American Folk Art Museum unfurls 12 quilts that were sewn together from secondhand fabrics by women during the Great You-Know-What. The striking, variegated handiwork features materials as diverse as flour sacks and dressmaking scraps, and the handsome individual pieces match up with themes such as sunbonnets, the alphabet, and Chinese fans. More than salvaged vestiges of a once-prevalent pastime, the patterns are tidy examples of the functional achieving fine-art status. The museum's permanent collection supplements the exhibit with more pieces crafted from flotsam and jetsam, including Wonderbread Rug (made from plastic Wonder Bread bags) and Baby Blanket (a patchwork of aluminum-wrapped condoms).
