Theo Leffmann: Land Without End and Other Works
@ Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
On view through Sunday, August 29th
The fiber art of Chicagoan Theo Leffmann (1911–96) evokes the ancient and the exotic, echoing pre-Columbian and non-Western processes and forms with a distinct personal vision.
Influenced by her teacher, the modernist sculptor Alexander Archipenko, while studying at Chicago’s New Bauhaus (now the Illinois Institute of Technology), Leffmann experimented with processes, textures and media throughout her career. Working on and off the loom, she employed techniques from traditional weaving and braiding to wrapping and crocheting and incorporated yarn, wool, metal, leather and other tactile materials.
This selection of Leffmann’s colorful, richly textured, and playful weavings, wall hangings, and sculptural objects are drawn from the Block Museum’s permanent collection, gifts of her husband Paul Leffmann.
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