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ANNA WILLIAMS b. 1927, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana d. 2010, Unknown location Quilt, 1995 Multiple textiles; 76 x 61 in. Brooklyn Museum Gift in memory of Horace H. Solomon Anna Williams was a self-taught quilter, considered to be one of the twentieth century’s most significant fiber artists. Using no templates and eschewing blocking, a process of straightening and flattening fabric, Williams created freehand, improvisational designs embodying a polyrhythmic African-American aesthetic. Reflective of her childhood experience in using modest fabric scraps, she trimmed any large pieces of material into many small shards before starting a quilt. The individual geometric shapes would, in turn, be paired and sewn together, whether in rectangular strip-pieced “strings” or triangular “monkey wrench” patterns. The visual complexity of her work, which belies the craft’s humble origins as well as her own quiet, unassuming nature, continues to profoundly influence scores of contemporary quilt artists. TPF ART IN CONTEMPORARY LOUISIANA 365  http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1379 http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1379

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