\nbut, its last days are this<\/strong> . . . SAT & SUN, July 8 & 9, 2023. <\/strong><\/p>\n
our south-western frontier, with its old ways, and deeply felt, hand-made ‘craft work’, is quickly passing into history. this show not only lets us view some original, and very wonderful ‘artifacts’ in the up-close & real \/ but presents them with a kind of big, big west canyon silence, and spiritual awe. ‘Shaped by the Loom: Weaving Worlds in the American Southwest’ note:<\/strong> and now, we know where the Amish\/Pennsylvania Dutch ‘abstract’ quilters got their deeply bright colors from.<\/p>\n
\nnot only are we shown how these weavings were made, we feel<\/strong> how they were crafted, imbued with the very spirit of the land, and the (mostly) Dine \/ Navajo peoples connection to it. Dine being the indigenous term for Navajo.<\/p>\n
\ncurated by . . HADLEY JENSEN
\nBARD GRADUATE CENTER GALLERY<\/a>, 18 WEST 86th STREET, UPPER WEST SIDE, NYC
\nHRS: THURS-SUN \/ 11am – 5PM
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\nfrom the exhibit booklet:
\n“RAPHEAL BEGAY (Dine), Spider Rock (Tseyi’ – Canyon de Chelly, Chinie, AZ)<\/em>, 2021. Digital photograph. Courtesy of the artist.
\nSpider Rock, the sandstone monolith that rises from Tseyi (Inside the Rock), is the setting for the creation story of Na’ashjeli Asdzaa (Spider Woman), who brought the gift of weaving to the Dine.”<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Navajo-GermanTown-blanket-Bard-Grad-Center-gallery.jpg\"){kind=spacer}
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\nDine artist
\nca. 1900
\nwool yarn, cotton warp, and cotton string,
\ntapestry weave.
\nDivision of Anthropology, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
\nCollection by Uriah S. Hollister, ca. 1911.
\nexhibit label: “This Germantown blanket is an example of the vivid ‘eye-dazzler’ style of the 1880s, characterized by the combination of zigzag patterns and brilliant colors. This aesthetic developed in response to the introduction of Germantown yarn<\/strong>, a synthetic-dyed yarn manufactured by a Pennsylvania mill.”<\/p>\n
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