Jeanne Surber:
My quilt “Size Prison” has been juried into the exhibition “A Tear in the Fabric” at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo , which will run from May 9 through June 14, 2008. It is an exhibit of conceptual art quilts. Here is my artist statement:“Another January, another round of listening to women making diet resolutions. I created this quilt in January 2008 to represent my anger over the prison of size and dieting that we as women live in, in this culture. I wanted the raw edges of the fabric to express the rawness we often feel in this prison. Clothing labels ranging from size 2 to 2X adorn the bars. Measuring tape, recipes, and weight numbers chronicle that we go up and down the scale, never happy with who we are. The back of the quilt is fabric with 1950’s images of women that were echo quilted, giving the front of the quilt truncated distorted images of our figures.”
2 Comments
February 20, 2008 at 3:22 am
Jeanne – What a moving piece! I’ve seen it up close and it works on so many levels. Thanks for sharing. K.O. Size 1x
February 20, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Thanks, Kristin. It came up out of a deep place inside of me.
Jeanne