Today I bring you another quilt from the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham, UK. This one is by an artist I know very well – Galla Grotto. Over the last several years her stylized elegant portraits of women, have earned her fame in Europe.
This year she had her own gallery in Birmingham, titled “Women’s Encyclopaedia”.
This was one of my favorite portraits by Galla. I have matched it up with one of our new lovely hummingbird/floral prints on the right.
“The main purpose of any encyclopaedia is to collect knowledge scattered around the world and pass it on to those living today, so that the works of our past centuries do not become useless for future centuries, and our descendants, enriched with knowledge, become kinder and happier. This exhibition is an appeal to world cultural traditions through the rethinking of myths, images and symbols. At all times, women have played an important role in history, art and culture.
In Galla Grotto’s gallery of female portraits, goddesses and fairies, muses and other female images occupying a significant place in the mythology of different countries, perform an important mission – they pacify human anger, calm passions, bring peace, talk and negotiate. Women make the world a better, more harmonious and beautiful place. A woman in all her manifestations is the main theme of the exhibition.”
Galla is a Russian artist, who left Russia to live in Ukraine, then left Ukraine to live in France. When the war started she had to worry about her daughter who was still there. She has a unique perspective on world events, which I see her express through her beautiful art works.
I have shared another big batch of photos from the show, including from Galla’s gallery. Enjoy!
Sharing our passion for fabric,
Luana & Paul
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Travel/Lecture Dates:
Sept 12 – Fri 4-6 pm – Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson –
Artist reception for SAQA “Camouflage” exhibit
Oct 9-12 – Houston Quilt Festival – Soul Stories
Nov 2-6 – Art Quilt Tahoe – Independent Study
Nov 7-10 – Sacred Threads – Indianapolis – Art & Activism lecture
Nov 21-23 – Taiwan Quilt Festival – Taipei – Feature Artist & Speaker
Dec 10 – Canadian Quilt Association – Zoom Lecture – Intl Quilt Trends
Feb 2 – SAQA Europe/Middle East – Zoom Lecture
Feb 18-21 – QuiltCon – Raleigh NC
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