Primedia Exhibit V - Nicole Yardley

“Shona Sculptures” by Nicole currently at Primedia Gallery in Golden, CO until March 31, 2006. Pictures on the three quilted panels were taken at the Denver Botanic Gardens during its 2004 “Chapungu. Custom and Legend; A Culture in Stone” exhibit. “The sculptures in this exhibition tell stories, record history, observe everyday moments, teach lessons, bear witness, honor, mourn and celebrate.” There were over 80 sculptures in the exhibit and “. . . the sculptures are the work of 35 artists – three generations of Shona Sculptors from Zimbabwe who have hand-chiseled, carved and sanded monolithic pieces of stone into works of art that are at once powerful and poetic.”

Photography, original quilt design, fabrication and quilting done by Nicole Yardley.
Descriptions of sculptures from GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITION, Denver Botanic Gardens.
Photo of quilt by David Yardley.