By Gayle Fraas & Duncan Slade
Located in Surfside, FL
Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade (American, 20th Century)
Mixed Technique Textile Art
Dye painted and printed on cotton fabric, machine and hand stitched, fused metal foil (gold leaf).
2002
'North Woods Suite'
This listing is for one piece. i am showing a picture of all 4 so you can see them. I currently have the 4 available.
Dimensions: 36.25 X 36.25 frame. Quilt is 28 X 28 inches
Float mounted behind acrylic in wood frames bearing Fraas / Slade studio labels verso
Collaborating artists Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade's work has always explored the relationship of ornamental surface and portrayal of landscape in quest of a sense beyond place. Recognized for developing techniques for screen printing and painting with dye on fabric, other mediums include paint and ink on paper, metal, and wood. Their work sits at the junction of fine and applied arts with an influence of naive and folk art. Their collaborative dialogue has been continuous since the mid 1970’s. Fraas-Slade’s work has been selected for some of the defining exhibitions that have influenced the field of Art Quilts: “The New American Quilt”; originating at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City in 1976, (along with Helen Bitar, Katherine Westphal, Radka Donnell, Anne Raymo) “The Art Quilt” at the Los Angeles Municipal Museum in 1986 (including Nancy Crow, Jean Hewes, Terrie Mangat, Jan Myers-Newbury, Theresa May, Pamela Studstill and Pauline Burbidge) and “Six Continents of Quilts: the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Art and Design,” NYC, touring internationally from 2002-2005. (the show included Jenny Hearn, Anne Marie Kenny, Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade, Susan Denton, Sanae Hattori, Joan Schultze, Jenny Hearn and Mary Baxter). Books where work is featured include : Paintings of Maine by Carl Little, American Quilts: the Democratic Art 1780-2007 by Robert Shaw, The Art Quilt by Robert Shaw, Quilts Today by Robert Shaw, The Art Quilt by Penny McMorris and Michael Kile and Art to Wear by Julie Schafler Dale. Fraas and Slade continue to teach and lecture on their work. Workshops have been taught at conferences, art centers and colleges including: Haystack Mt. School of Crafts, ME, Arrowmont School of Crafts, TN and the School of Visual Arts, NYC. In 1989 and 2003, the artist team received Maine Visual Artist Fellowships and in 1995 a National Endowment for the Arts/ New England Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship.
Collections include the Philadelphia Museum, Baltimore Museum, MD, Peabody Essex Museum, Museum of Art and Design, NYC., the International Quilt Study Center at the University of Nebraska and the corporate collections of Fidelity Investments, Nuveen, IL., Hilton Corporation and Elmira College. Public collections in Maine include Portland Public Library, Department of Transportation, Department of Marine Resources and the University of Maine/Orono. In 1989 and 2003 the artist team received Maine Visual Artist Fellowships and in 1995 a National Endowment for the Arts/ New England Foundation Visual Artist Fellowship. There has been a huge surge of interest in textile and tapestry art led by Anni Albers, Sheila Hicks, El Anatsui, Judith Scott, Nick Cave, Tanya Aguiñiga, Faith Ringgold and Olga de Amaral. More museums are showing and collecting this work.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 - Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts
2011 - Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts
2010 - New Work, Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts,
2009 - Island Images, Silo Gallery, Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts, Nantucket, MA.
2007 - Watermarks, James Patrick Gallery, Wiscasset, ME; Frankie Weems Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC. Along the Coast, Maine Fiberarts Gallery, Topsham, ME
Varieties of Disturbance. Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, ME
2005 - Nauticals, Gleason Gallery, Boothbay Harbor, ME
2003 - New Work, Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College, Salem, MA
2001 - New Work, Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 - Maine Quilts: 250 Years of Community, Maine State Museum
2016 - Museum Collection: New Arrivals, Baltimore Museum of Art, Berman Gallery
2015 - Shared Sensibilities: The Piano Roll Project, Bates Mill Complex, Lewiston, ME
2014 - Masters: Contemporary Fiber Art, Maine Fiberarts Gallery, “Masters: Contemporary Fiber Art,” May - June
2013 - Layers: The John Walsh II Collection, Arnot Museum, Elmira College
2012 - Man-Made Quilts, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
Tribute to Ardis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, International Quilt Study Center/Museum
2011 - Instruct, The Studios at Key West
Artpark 1974-1984, University of Buffalo Center for the Arts,
2009 - Reservoir, the John M. Walsh Collection, San Jose Museum of Quilts, San Jose, CA
2008 - Visual Systems, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Howard Gallery
2005 - Rooted in Tradition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
2004 - Envision 20/20, Colby College Museum of Art
Another Layer, Portland Museum of Art
2002 - The Portland Show, Greenhut Galleries
Six Continents of Quilts, Museum of Art and Design, NYC, traveling to: National Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
Selected Collections
Elmira College, Cowles Hall, commissioned by John Walsh III 2017
Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Museum of Art and Design, NYC
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA.
Bowdoin College, Walker Art Museum, Brunswick, ME
John Nuveen Inc. Chicago, Ill., commissions 1985, 1994, 2000, 2001
University of Nebraska, Lincoln International Quilt Study Center, The James Collection
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden, CO
Mass Mutual, Boston MA Waban, Inc. Boston, MA
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Selected Awards and Fellowships
2012- The Studios at Key West, artist residency
2008, 2007 - Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts. A.I.R. program
2007 - Robert M. MacNamara Foundation
2003, 1989 - Maine Visual Artist Fellowships
2004 - Maine Art Commission Good Idea Grant
Selected Biography
Art Quilts Unfolding: 50 Years of Innovation, Bavor, Ellis, Sielman, Sider – 10/2018
Artpark: 1974-1984, Sandra Firmin, University of Buffalo Art Galleries /Princeton Architectural 2010
Masters: Art Quilts Volume 2, Sterling Publications, 2011
American Quilts: The Democratic Art 1750-2007 by Robert Shaw- Sterling Press 2009
Paintings of Maine, by Carl Little and Arnold Skolnick, Downeast Press, 2006
Six Continents of Quilts, The Museum of Art and Design Collection, 2005
Contemporary Art Quilts...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Mixed Media
MaterialsFabric, Thread, Paint, Mixed Media
