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Linen , Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Prints , Archival Pigment , Photographic Works , Living History , Premodern Abstraction , Installations , Sculptures , Site-specific Works , Furniture , Performative Sculptures , Quilts , Participation , Ribbons , Wood , Costumes , Cheater Cloth , Mirrors , Silk , Musical Instruments , Activated Space , Clothing , Wool , Satellite Dishes , Curtains , Rope , Period Rooms , Forts , Editions , Bedding , Backdrops , Reenactments , TInware , Soldiers , Silkscreen , Needle Work , Multiples , Kits , Drums , Dolls , Ceramics , Candles , Archives , Windsor Chairs , Wax , Sconces , Handmade Paper , Gouache , Glass , Bunting , Trench Art , Tilt-top Tables , Prototypes , Baskets , Banners , Portraits , Eyes , Candy , Wrought Iron , Tables , Snakes , Paper , Overshot , Figures , Farby Labels , Fancy Work , Braided Rugs , Willow , Whitman's Samplers , Ticking , Pomegranates , Performances , Jugs , Horsehair , Flower Arrangements , Flags , Collage , Cauldrons , Canopy Beds , Books , Antennas , Wreaths , Uniforms , Shop Signs , Scare Crows , Sacks , Platforms , Lanterns , Hay , Flame Stitch , Crewel Work , Canvas , Calico , Brooms , Bandboxes , Wigs , Theorem Painting , Tents , Stoneware , Stencils , Slipware , Rubbings , Redware , Pushcarts , Pockets , Pin Prikt , Parades , Market Stalls , Marbling , Glass Eyes , Display Cases , Crates , Canteens , Bottles , Barrels , Wands , Slippers , Shearling , Self-portraits , Peddlers , Medals , Keys , Hobby Horses , Hats , Guns , Engraving , Eagles , Doubles , Concealments , Chargers , Broadsides

Farby Patchwork
1999-2002
Iron-on patches on machine quilted cotton

"Allison Smith: Mom-n-Pop," Bellwether, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. Photo credit Susan Alzner. Collection of The West Collection.

Textiles , Quilts , Farby Labels , Cheater Cloth , Calico , Bedding

Farby Label
1999
Woven taffeta
Please click on image again for more detail.

Affixed to textile artworks in "Allison Smith: Mom-n-Pop," Bellwether, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York; "Allison Smith: Stilleven, evenStill," Bellwether, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York; "Allison Smith" Since '72," Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut, MFA thesis exhibition. Also distributed as a souvenir multiple in "Allison Smith: The Muster 2005," Governors Island, New York Harbor, New York, a project of the Public Art Fund. Photo credit Susan Alzner.

Ticking , Textiles , Silk , Ribbons , Reenactments , Multiples , Farby Labels , Editions , Clothing , Cheater Cloth

Whitman's Sampler Kits
1999-2002
Color photo, embroidery floss, paper, plastic

"Allison Smith: Mom-n-Pop," Bellwether, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York. Photo credit Liz Deschennes.

Whitman's Samplers , Textiles , Reenactments , Prints , Photographic Works , Needle Work , Multiples , Kits , Cheater Cloth , Candy

Mom-n-Pop Market Stall
1999
Canvas tent and mixed media

"Allison Smith: Mom-n-Pop Market Stall," Meat Market Art Fair, Artists Space, New York, curated by Jenelle Porter. Photo credit Daphne Fitzpatrick.

Textiles , Tents , Site-specific Works , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Quilts , Performative Sculptures , Participation , Multiples , Market Stalls , Installations , Hay , Forts , Cheater Cloth , Canvas , Activated Space

"Cheater Cloth"
2010
giclée print
Edition of 7, published by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 43 3/4 x 32 inches

This limited-edition giclée print is digitally printed in full color on flax linen with a finished hem sewn by the artist. It depicts imagery captured using a unique scanning technology, updating the tradition of "cheater cloth," a printed material meant to look like several different fabrics, usually calicos, appliquéd or patch worked together. The inspiration for this work was derived from a quilt Smith saw at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont, made by a convalescing Civil War soldier; she made her reworked version by cutting out fabrics collected over many years from her and her mother's sewing chests. The original artifact combines Smith's interest in wartime textiles and art made by soldiers in the context of war, and also contains another facet of her research: the history of tradespeople and street peddlers. This print was made as a Special Projects Artist Edition in response to the "American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life 1765-1915" exhibition at LACMA and is available from the museum for purchase.

Trench Art , Textiles , Soldiers , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Peddlers , Multiples , Living History , Linen , Guns , Figures , Editions , Cheater Cloth , Calico , Archives , Archival Pigment

From Many One, From Anyone
2012
archival giclée prints on silk

"We the People," Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College. Photo credit Andrzej Pilarczyk.

Textiles , Site-specific Works , Silk , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Participation , Installations , Curtains , Cheater Cloth , Bedding , Banners , Backdrops , Archival Pigment

From Many One, From Anyone
2012
archival giclée prints on silk

"We the People," Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College. Photo credit Andrzej Pilarczyk.

Textiles , Site-specific Works , Silk , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Participation , Installations , Curtains , Cheater Cloth , Banners , Backdrops , Archival Pigment

Tilt-top Table (Star of Bethlehem)
2013
archival pigment print on silk, mahogany
47 x 30 x 25 inches

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Wood , Tilt-top Tables , Textiles , Silk , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Satellite Dishes , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Mirrors , Furniture , Cheater Cloth , Archival Pigment

Tilt-top Table (Star of Bethlehem)
2013
Archival pigment print on silk, mahogany
48.75 x 30 x 21 inches

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Wood , Tilt-top Tables , Textiles , Silk , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Satellite Dishes , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Mirrors , Furniture , Cheater Cloth , Archival Pigment

Tilt-top Table (Scattergood)
2013
Archival pigment print on silk, cherry
48.75 x 30 x 21 inches

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Wood , Tilt-top Tables , Textiles , Silk , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Satellite Dishes , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Mirrors , Furniture , Cheater Cloth , Archival Pigment

Tilt-topTable (Kaleidoscope)
2013
Archival pigment print on silk, walnut
48.75 x 30 x 21 inches

"Allison Smith: Living History," Haines Gallery, San Francisco. Photo credit Monique Deschaines.

Wood , Tilt-top Tables , Textiles , Silk , Sculptures , Sculptural Objects , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Mirrors , Furniture , Cheater Cloth , Archival Pigment

Curtain, Frogmore Plantation, Louisiana
2013
Archival Pigment Print on Linen, Linen Cord
32 x 24 inches

"Set Dressing," The Arts Club, Chicago; "The Collectors," Haines Gallery, San Francisco

Textiles , Sculptural Objects , Quilts , Prints , Premodern Abstraction , Photographic Works , Living History , Linen , Curtains , Cheater Cloth , Archival Pigment

Crewel Work
2011

Alula Editions, San Francisco, CA

Wool , Textiles , Snakes , Silkscreen , Prints , Needle Work , Linen , Kits , Editions , Crewel Work , Cheater Cloth

Crewel Work
2011

Alula Editions, San Francisco, CA

Wool , Textiles , Snakes , Silkscreen , Prints , Pomegranates , Needle Work , Multiples , Linen , Kits , Editions , Crewel Work , Cheater Cloth

Crewel Work
2011

Alula Editions, San Francisco, CA

Wool , Textiles , Snakes , Prints , Pomegranates , Needle Work , Multiples , Linen , Kits , Editions , Crewel Work , Cheater Cloth