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July 31, 2008
I was at my local library today, as it is one of my favorite places to be in ANY season…and particularly on the hottest days of summer. In addition to finding several good books to read I got some recent magazines. At home and perusing them in depth I was excited to notice some VERY familiar spirals on an art quilt under review. And indeed it was work by an artist whose work I was priveledged to view only a short time previous at the Tougaloo Summer Art Colony 2008! There it was, Gwendolyn Magee’s quilt “Blood of the Slaughtered” being reviewed in American Craft Magazine (page 054) June/July 2008 as part of an article “Tradition/Innovation:American Masterpieces of Southern Craft and Traditional Arts”. This is a different piece from the ones on which she was working this summer, and those she showed us in 2004 as well. Her art is very recognizable by its styling and by the excellence of workmanship, although that part is something the viewer only notices much later. The power and force of the images she presents are instantly understandable, deeply unforgetable, and each vibrates with her love, anger, hopes and fears. She is creating stunning work, and I’m happy to report this sighting of it.
Sarajane Helm
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