num_pages: 75
description: Born in the Midwest, Sheila Hicks wanted to become a painter when she discovered textiles from ancient Peru. She started weaving with a small back-strap loom and on a wooden frame...In order to obtain slits, patterns and changes in color, she followed the traditional Indian method, applying at the same time the constructivist principles of Josef Albers, a Bauhaus master, who had been her teacher at the Yale School of Design. She then traveled in Mexico and South America, learning the techniques of native weavers. When she showed a collection of her weavings for the first time in 1961, some were acquired by collectors and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The format of her works increased, her style evolved...In order to execute her works, some of which are monumental, Sheila Hicks has founded workshops in Mexico, Chile, India, Germany, Morocco and France, where she has been established since 1964. Architects from all over the world commission her to make thread bas-reliefs and wall hangings for somewhat austere inner walls of modern buildings, giving them color and warmth. This book relates the life of the artist and attempts to give an answer to the Who is Sheila Hicks? 9x8.5" oblong, 75 pp., b&amp;w and color photographs.
language: English
title: Sheila Hicks
titlecomplete: Sheila Hicks
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1974