Nine Patch Irish Chain

March 2 – 28, 1992
Exhibition

About the Program

Pat Beaton's Nine Patch Irish Chain features the installation of a large, unmanageable, and impractical quilt. The work has been pieced together with fragments of experience, transferred onto the fabric of old bedsheets, creating what feels like a broad landscape. The expansive size of the quilt—over 18.5 feet and made from 744 square collagraph prints—works in a contradictory manner, with its fine details constantly drawing the viewer in. Images printed on the fabric move easily over this landscape, crossing the boundaries of the blocks which make up the Irish Chain pattern. The images in the work encompass her personal history and her recognition of the tradition of quilt makers who relate stories as a means of collecting stories and establishing a sense of community across generations.

Artist

Pat Beaton

Identifier

1992.0302 NIN

Collection

grunt gallery Programming Archive

Location

grunt gallery (first location)
209 E. 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 1J8
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

In copyright. For uses beyond Fair Dealing, research requests, corrections, takedown requests, or other inquiries, please contact grunt gallery: archives@grunt.ca