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Language of Color 9: Color Dissonance<\/em> by Pixeladies
30″x30″; collaged newspaper\/magazine clippings digitally printed on fabric, machine quilted; 2016. Courtesy of the artists.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

COLLAGE ON VIEW<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commentaries on Cloth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

at the Gallery at 48 Natoma in Folsom, California, USA
27 January-6 April 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There is more to contemporary quilting than your grandmother knew. Many fiber artists use a myriad of techniques to convey thought provoking messages. \u201cCommentaries in Cloth\u201d featuring quilts by the Pixeladies and sculpture by Susan Else .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pixeladies, Deb Cashatt and Kris Sazaki, have been collaborating since 2003. \u201cWe love language and word forms. Combining that love with a strong sense of social justice drives us to make art out of headlines,\u201d the two artist say about their work. After cutting and pasting words and phrases from a wide array of publications, they collage them to form everyday objects or people. They then scan the collages into the computer and have the final version printed onto fabric. The resulting whole-cloth quilt is densely quilted by machine or by hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their studio is located in Cameron Park, California, where they have dedicated studio days for the construction of their artwork. They also spend a lot of time in front of the computer, collaborating online and preparing their designs for printing. Their work has been widely published and exhibited nationally and internationally, including Canada, Japan, and South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crossing Points<\/em> (detail) by Susan Else
47″x47″x12.5″; collaged and quilted cloth over armature; 2015. Courtesy of the artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Susan Else describes her work as “stealth art”: the comfortable ambiance of sewn cloth draws viewers in, where they are confronted with the uncomfortable paradoxes of contemporary life. Her work is part of the art quilt movement, but she is one of the few artists making figurative sculpture–often incorporating sound, light, and movement–from this medium. \u201cI use vibrant cloth to create an alternate universe, and the resulting work is whimsical, edgy, mundane, surreal, and engaging, all at once,\u201d explains Else. The power and beauty of the collaged and quilted surface play off the form and narrative content of the work, resulting in a dynamic seesaw of meanings and possibilities. \u201cMy sculpture often incorporates cloth-covered bones, a powerful symbol evoking both human mortality and human history. I am interested in daily life and its instant mutability, and my best work conflates conflicting human impulses into a single image.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(text adapted from materials provided by the gallery)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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INFORMATION<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Gallery at 48 Natoma<\/strong>
48 Natoma Street
Folsom, California 95630 USA
(916) 461-66-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hours:<\/strong>
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9AM-4:30PM
Tuesday, Thursday, 9AM-4:30PM and 6-8PM<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COLLAGE ON VIEW Commentaries on Cloth at the Gallery at 48 Natoma in Folsom, California, USA27 January-6 April 2023 There is more to contemporary quilting than your grandmother knew. Many fiber artists use a myriad of techniques to convey thought…<\/p>\n

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