Diamonds and Bars – The Art of the Amish People
STUTTGART, GERMANY, May 3, 2007 /Arnoldsche Art Publishers/ -- Amish and avant-garde art? Sounds like a contradiction in terms since the Amish are always associated with notions of an old-fashioned, isolated and traditional community eschewing anything that smacks of modernism. However, in the 19th century the Amish were creating artefacts in the form of quilts in such vibrant colours and stringent compositions that they are – at least on the purely visual plane – astonishingly close to the trendy Concrete art of the 1960s.
With the sumptuously designed and illustrated catalogue Diamonds and Bars, ARNOLDSCHE Art Publishers are accompanying the exhibition of the exceptional Schlumberger Collection of Amish quilts at Die Neue Sammlung, Munich, until June 2007, and from December 2007 to March 2008 at the ZKM, Karlsruhe.
Curious? We would be delighted to send you a free review copy, which you can order by faxing us the enclosed fax order form or by writing us an e-mail.
Visit http://www.arnoldsche.com/showBook.php?id=292&kId=0 for further information.
Source: Arnoldsche Art Publishers
CONTACT: Winfried Stürzl, Press and Public Relations
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