Bravo Bulcão

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Bravo Bulcão
44 in
x
74 in
(112 cm x 188 cm)
Year
2022
Photo Credit
Offir Kilion
Price
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Although this minimalist quilt consists of nothing but one repeating block—a blue arc set into a gray square— variations in placement create a design that’s whimsical and captivating. The quilt takes its name from Athos Bulcão (1918–2008), a Brazilian artist best known for his large-scale geometric tile installations in Brasilia’s civic buildings, hospitals, transit hubs, churches, schools, and parks. His quirky installation process gave his artwork a playful quality—he instructed workers to position individual tiles in any way they wanted! My homage respects both hallmarks of his work: the repeating geometric components, and the random placement.
Materials
Cotton
Techniques
Machine pieced, free motion quilted