tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post263597399246448242..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: Thoughts from the past -- still relevantKathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-68945183715637097512013-05-07T12:10:17.518-04:002013-05-07T12:10:17.518-04:00Your posts are thought provoking, and I get a grea...Your posts are thought provoking, and I get a great deal out of reading them. I'd love to have a long conversation with you on this and related topics. But I'll limit myself to one comment here. You excerpted this comment: She wonders if "textile art" as a category should be obsolete, because much of it incorporates other mediums. "In these works, the use of textile materials, if any, if subservient to the idea; the role of the category has become ambiguous."<br /><br />I underscore the following concept, and agree it is a zinger:<br />"the zinger: 'The policy of grouping work according to material does little to promote textile art outside the world of the enthusiast, and can serve to devalue it. Good art is art, and perhaps bad art is more acceptable when it is called textile art. Maybe then inadequacies can be camouflaged by technique." '<br /><br />I agree with you as far as saying good art is art. But when we then categorize it, such as textile art, fiber art, or quilt art, we step backwards into the comfortable ghetto, and create a barrier to our work being seen simply, or not so simply, as art. To step out of the niche, I think we need to drop these labels. <br />Rosemary Claus-Grayhttp://www.rosemaryclaus-gray.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-31896723523658420562013-04-26T11:16:59.227-04:002013-04-26T11:16:59.227-04:00Hi Kathleen,
I've read this post 3 times. The...Hi Kathleen,<br />I've read this post 3 times. There is so much here and I've had my thoughts running from here to there! I know you study art and you are much more of an expert than I'll ever be, and I think we need more experts to open up minds to different arts, even quilting art! I have always quilted, and have not done much traditional quilting. I have also never tried to have tiny stitches or exact work. The Gee Bend quilters have always spoke to me. I learned to quilt from a lady in a nursing home in 1963 who just had a needle, thread, sometimes scissors and paper bags with old cotton waist dresses in them. I still have one of her quilts, which she gave the top to my mom and then in the late 1970's my mom quilted it. The quilter was long gone by then, but her name was Mrs. Oliver and I'll never forget what she instilled in me. <br /><br />I like what was quoted here: Textile art must, like all art, be judged on its integrity rather than merely the current fashion of its subject matter or the novelty of its technique."<br /><br />YES...on its integrity rather than current fashion!!! Just like all those famous artists that didn't get their full recognition while they were alive because their work was so different from the normal of their day.<br /><br />My husband NEVER liked paintings that didn't look like photographs. NOW, he is a stain glass artist, and guess what? His art is abstract and he loves to hear what peoples different interpretations are in each work he does. Even if it is to look like something, it has it's own twist. He did a heart that also looks like a chicken's head! LOL<br /><br />It was interesting what you said about used magazines and then finding that a page you need is missing. I'm terrible about tearing out the page I want and passing it along. I wonder how many people I've frustrated! <br /><br />I'll be going back and re reading some of your posts and this one. <br /><br />Oh, I also thought architechure (?). Wouldn't the world be a boring place if all houses and buildings where all the same???!!! I love googling all types of buildings around the world. ♥♥♥Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-962821706250427692013-04-26T09:18:17.495-04:002013-04-26T09:18:17.495-04:00I totally agree Kathy.
Many artists (of all discip...I totally agree Kathy.<br />Many artists (of all disciplines) complain of the lack of reviews on the local and national (and for that matter, International) level. Could it be that publications aren't interested? Focusing instead on how to get more advertisers for ink and paper production rather than providing more content? The publishing world is in a gruesome state right now. <br />My hope as an art quilter is that our advocates (SAQA, FiberArt Now, SDA, QN, FiberArt International) can put more muscle behind the effort to have galleries and museums look at fiber art not as a lowly wannabe but a valid player in the art world. Navel gazing gets us nowhere. <br />For now, I call myself an art quilter, with all its attendant connotations. I am proud of the tradition and seek a certain level of professionalism through the pursuit of my art. It matters to me that people see my art and I am deeply interested in what they think of it. <br />So how to proceed?<br />Make more art. Go direct to the public through the web. Apply to multi-media shows. Stir up the navel gazers. Speak up. <br />You are a strong voice for all of these actions. Let's pump it up on all fronts. Thanks for your efforts Kathy. Paula Kovarikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08714555010914286722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-3667582695824084502013-04-25T18:18:20.639-04:002013-04-25T18:18:20.639-04:00Helen -- I check the comments every time I sit dow...Helen -- I check the comments every time I sit down at the computer and generally am able to remove the spam within a couple of hours. I really don't want to have to put on the nonsense word test unless I have to. <br /><br />Sorry to hear that the great UK programs I've heard such wonderful things about have feet of clay. There's no cure for the ignorant viewer, much the pity. kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-35845187693072259622013-04-25T14:00:31.709-04:002013-04-25T14:00:31.709-04:00You're getting spammed again..
The above 2 com...You're getting spammed again..<br />The above 2 comments and one of yesterdays are leaders to unsuitable sites..<br /><br />If only the education system in the UK was matched by any respect or knowledge among the onlookers/customers.. Mine tend to the "Oh look, it's all made from scraps" style, or they will spend ten minutes telling their companion how I have made a particular piece (always wrongly, and without asking.. If corrected they Huff)<br /><br />There's a lot of good work here, but the Cand G courses tend to repetition and are very old-fashioned on the whole..<br /><br />Helen HowesHelen Howeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03378013328370139295noreply@blogger.com