Although it has been open for a dozen years now, and producing ponder-worthy exhibitions all along, the Fulginiti Gallery on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora remains something of a mystery to …
Nedra Bonds recalls recent environmental disasters with her 2011 quilt “The Price.” Although it has been open for a dozen years now, and producing ponder-worthy exhibitions all along, the Fulginiti Gallery on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora remains something of a mystery to many people in this region.
Bonds, who lives and sews in Kansas City, has been using quilts as a form of expression throughout various periods of her life. She is a great-grandmother now, so there is a lot of life experience stitched into the sampling of textiles on display. It is a captivating work. Bonds tells these stories in an abstract way, using a hodgepodge of rich hues and distinct fabric prints to get at the emotional truth of each patient’s experience. You cannot see the details of medical procedures or know specific diagnoses, but you can understand just how intense and affecting, and solitary, hospital stays can be.
But Taylor edited the selections deftly, and economically, and a visitor can really come to understand Bonds and her aims as an artist. The works can also get very personal. “Working While Black,” from 2008, is a self-portrait of Bonds on the job at a call center. She rejects the invisibility of being just another office worker by wearing clothing, jewelry and a hairstyle that reflect her identity as a Black woman.
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