Sojourner Truth – Your Memory Quilts

I live in an area with a multitude of world class museums. It’s a short trip the Met in NY, the Philadelphia Museum of Art or any of the Smithsonians in DC. Baltimore does not disappoint either. The BMA is one of my favorite places to wile away a weekend afternoon. A day in a museum is time well spent. Of course, I’m always on the lookout for wonderful artistic quilts. I found this quilted portrait of Sojourner Truth at the BMA. Ramsess, an LA based artist, worked from an 1864 photograph to create this brilliantly colored and intricately patterned larger-than-life portrait.

I loved the fabric patterns and pieces. I’m always amazed at how expressive you can make a face using just fabric.

Around the same time I spent an afternoon at Glenstone for an exhibit of works by Faith Ringgold. Amongst the many beautiful pieces I found Ringgold’s own portrait of Sojourner Truth.

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