DETROIT — Art historians often hail White men as the progenitors of modern abstraction, from Piet Mondrian to Jackson Pollock. But there is an alternative lineage of non-figurative composition, one built by women, people of color, and fiber artists: quilt-making. As archives like the Quilt Index demonstrate, for every functional and straightforward quilt, there are […]
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DETROIT — The foundation of fiber artist Kayla Powers’s practice is literally rooted in the ground that surrounds her home and studio. “All the plant colors that I create are from plants that grow in this soil,” she told Hyperallergic during an interview at her home studio, a bright room predominantly housing a Norwood floor
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