Sigmar Polke's _Clouds_
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In Clouds, Sigmar Polke has created an atmosphere of time, myth, and transfiguration based on a beguiling allegory of the power of art to transform reality, and even to save one's life.
C. Vincent Prothro / Robert Smithson
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
C. Vincent Prothro was a businessman and Robert Smithson was an artist. Vin Prothro actively divided his time between business pursuits and numerous civic organizations, including Southwestern Medical Foundation, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Governor's Committee on Property Tax Relief. Robert Smithson collected rocks and redefined the meaning of art outside of the gallery.
Clark and Frances Stillman: Forming the Collection
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This essay is excerpted from a 1969 catalogue prepared to announce to the acquisition of The Clark and Frances Stillman Collection of Congo Sculpture at the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts.
The Clark and Frances Stillman Collection of Congo Sculpture
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Published in 2003 on the occasion of the Dallas Museum of Art's centennial, this short essay by previous Dallas Museum of Art curator John Lunsford reflects back to the 1969 acquisition of the Stillman Collection of Congo Sculpture.
Published in 2003 on the occasion of the Dallas Museum of Art's centennial, this short essay by previous Dallas Museum of Art curator John Lunsford reflects back to the 1969 acquisition of the Stillman Collection of Congo Sculpture.
Weft
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
On a loom, the weft is inserted over and under the warp during the weaving process. In a finished fabric, the weft is the transverse set of elements.
Warp-Faced
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In weaving, when the warp elements outnumber and hide the weft elements.
Warp Loops
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Open loops created by the turning of the warp yarns at the ends of a fabric.
Bound-Warp Resist Dyed
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A technique in which groups of selected warp yarns have been partially wrapped and bound and then dyed before weaving, in order to create designs in the finished fabric.
Cloth Beam
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
A beam at the front of a treadle loom on which the woven cloth is wound. It is a set underneath the plane of the weaving, out of the way of the weaver’s knees.