A-side: G L A C I E R; B-side: Glacier National Park (Pendleton Park Series)
2013
The great outdoors can serve as a foil for projecting numerous fantasies. Veltkamp's quilt centers on Glacier National Park, where ideals of heroic masculinity from pioneering days mix with contemporary tourist culture -- featuring bears, car-camping scenery, and John Deere logos. If the quilt is associated with cozy campfire memories, the reverse side represents a classic blanket made by Pendleton. The company uses designs that were inspired by indigenous blankets. With Side A and B, Veltkamp is juxtaposing competing histories and economies within the American landscape.
Fabric (artist Tony Sonnenberg’s Lucky brand jeans), batting, thread
42 x 80 in. (106.7 x 203.2 cm)
Gift of Matthew Offenbacher and Jennifer Nemhauser with funds from the 2013 Neddy Award in Painting
2015.2.4
Provenance: The artist; purchased from artist by Matthew Offenbacher, Seattle, March 2015
Photo: Elizabeth Mann