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consultant art architecture design MILDRED CONSTANTINE 307 East 44 Street New York 10017 Telephone 370-0740

August 28, 1991

Ms. Sheila Hicks
3 Bis Cour de Rohan
75006 Paris, France FAX # 01133 146 347746

Sheila dear,

Here is my tentative outline for my contribution to the Sheila Hicks book. Comments, additions, deletions, will be appreciated.

I. THE STATE OF ART OF FIBER BEFORE 1962
a) Anni Albers, Trude Guermonprez, Gunta Stadler-Stotzl, Lenore Tawney
II. WHO, WHAT, WHERE - THE ART FABRIC MOVEMENT
a) Liberation from tapestry tradition - 1st Biennale
III. SHEILA HICKS
A. The Art Fabric

1) Peru - 1957
2) Mexico - 1959-1963
3) Woven Forms 1962
4) MOMA acquisition 1962
5) Art Institute of Chicago acquisition & exhibition 1963
6) Architectural Commissions
7) Individual works
8) Environmental installations - social concerns
9) India, Morocco, Saudi Arabia

B. Analysis and Character of Sheila Hicks - Artist

1) Intellectual and creative energy
2) Individuality - acrobatics of thread - timelessness
3) Content with no imagery - "abstract" - meaning that illuminates form
4) Color diversity
5) Technical proficiency - off-loom - return to loom

C. Hicks In The 90's