{"id":16800,"date":"2017-07-22T17:34:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T15:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=16800"},"modified":"2017-07-22T17:34:48","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T15:34:48","slug":"rachel-farmer-ancestors-traversing-quilts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/rachel-farmer-ancestors-traversing-quilts\/","title":{"rendered":"Rachel Farmer: Ancestors Traversing Quilts"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Work
\nImage: Rachel Farmer, Ancestors Traversing Quilts, 2017. Site-specific installation including ceramic, fabric, batting, and yarn. 77 x 258 x 20 in. Courtesy the artist. Photograph (c) Riya Lerner.<\/em><\/p>\n

Join us on July 27th for a reception of Rachel Farmer: Ancestors Traversing Quilts<\/h2>\n

Please join us Thursday, July 27th from 6-8PM for the opening reception of Rachel Farmer’s instalation, ANCESTORS TRAVERSING QUILTS<\/em> [at Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York]. During the reception our Director, Gonzalo Casals will give an informal talk about Farmer’s work and process before giving the stage to Farmer to answer any questions. <\/p>\n

We hope you can attend!<\/p>\n

\u201cMy work draws inspiration from a variety of sources: my Mormon pioneer ancestry, childhood play with ceramic figurines, my grandmother\u2019s quilts, historical dioramas, and pop culture\u2019s invented mythologies of the American West. <\/p>\n

This installation grew out of pouring over my great-great-grandfather\u2019s diary chronicling his immigrant journey from England to Utah Territory in 1853\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u2014while confronting the absence of information about my great-great-grandmother who made the same journey, as a single woman without family, in 1855.<\/p>\n

I would like to acknowledge that these quilts were made possible by the communal efforts of many. In gratitude.\u201d<\/p>\n

– Rachel Farmer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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