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OverviewA comprehensive and richly illustrated survey of one of the most significant and intriguing quilters of the 21st century, featuring 109 color plates of Wells's narrative quilts with intimate commentaries by Wells herself. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stacy I. Morgan , Yvonne Thomas Wells , Gail C. AndrewsPublisher: The University of Alabama Press Imprint: The University of Alabama Press ISBN: 9780817361389ISBN 10: 0817361383 Pages: 408 Publication Date: 05 September 2024 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews""Morgan lets Wells tell her story without intruding, while deftly critiquing her work within that storyline. . . . She is the narrator, as she is of all her quilts, but Morgan amplifies her meaning, delving deeper into the symbolism for the benefit of the viewer. It is a very effective partnership."" --Gail Andrews Trechsel, coauthor of Southern Quilts: A New View """Morgan lets Wells tell her story without intruding, while deftly critiquing her work within that storyline. . . . She is the narrator, as she is of all her quilts, but Morgan amplifies her meaning, delving deeper into the symbolism for the benefit of the viewer. It is a very effective partnership."" --Gail Andrews Trechsel, coauthor of Southern Quilts: A New View" Author InformationStacy I. Morgan is professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Alabama. He is author of Frankie and Johnny: Race, Gender, and the Work of African American Folklore in 1930s America (winner of the Wayland D. Hand Prize from the American Folklore Society) and Rethinking Social Realism: African American Art and Literature, 1930-1953. Yvonne Thomas Wells is a contemporary artist and lifelong educator from Tuscaloosa, Alabama. She is a recipient of the Governor's Arts Award from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and has represented Alabama in exhibitions in Vence, France, and Pietrasanta, Italy. Her art is in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, the High Museum of Art, the International Quilt Museum, and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, among other art institutions. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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