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Sheila Hicks  Linen fibers flow from ceiling to floor in Sheila Hicks' fanciful installation, Menhir II, at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney. Hicks was born in Hastings and has become one of the world's foremost textile artists, renowned for creating large-scale textile installations in 39 countries. Menhir II hangs in a forest pattern of 23 separate fiber strands to compliment its Old French Breton definition "standing" stone. The long strands are hand-wrapped and spliced linen fibers, with bright colored wool and cotton used as binding elements. Draped from the ceiling, the linens gather and cascade onto the floor. Hicks' linear textile sculpture is an art treasure of Nebraska at the Museum of Nebraska Art. |
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