Pinwheel Quilt
Artist
John Garrett
(American, born 1950)
Date2008
Mediumaluminum, copper, oil enamel, acrylic, rivets, hardware cloth, fabric ties
Dimensions63 1/2 x 62 7/16 x 3/8 in., 15 lb. (161.3 x 158.6 x 1 cm, 6.8 kg)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of John Garrett, 2012
Object number2012.10.6
Description81 squares comprising a 9x9 grid to form a quilt-like “textile” of recycled metal. Each square has a different combination of woven metal or cut, painted, and pieced metal triangles that form a pinwheel pattern.Text Entries
John Garrett is a leading artist working with “textile technologies” such as basketry, quilting, and crochet but with unconventional materials, including recycled consumer products and metals. Garrett is one of many contemporary artists who repurposes materials to his own ends. He has done this since his art school days at Claremont McKenna College (B.A.) and UCLA (M.A.), where he first studied weaving before turning to experimental techniques and materials with off-the-loom textiles then basketry and eventually to more installation-based work. In Pinwheel Quilt, Garrett created a complex grid of folded metal to make a quilt-like form that evokes a commonplace domestic textile.
The piece is labeled on the verso with the word top indicating the orientation in which the piece should be displayed.
See artist questionnaire paperwork in the accession file for detailed installation instructions.
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