New York Nexus presents the work of eight artists directly influenced in their studio practice by the Abstract Design in American Quilts exhibition in its original Whitney Museum setting or in other venues during the early 1970s. Most of these artists were working in painting, printmaking, and collage at the time. Although the term art quilt came into use in the mid-1980s, dozens of artists were creating quilts as art in the 1970s, with Abstract Design in American Quilts functioning as an inspirational catalyst.

The expressive possibilities of fabric and stitch viewed in a gallery space opened avenues of creativity explored in various ways by the artists in New York Nexus, who include Sue Benner, Michael Cummings, Radka Donnell, Marilyn Henrion, Joan Lintault, Patricia Malarcher, Paula Nadelstern and Robin Schwalb.

New York Nexus is guest curated by Sandra Sider.

March 5 - August 7, 2021
Von Seggern Gallery