Figge Art Museum

Artist Lesley Dill, a renowned New York-based artist, brings historical and literary figures from America’s past to life in a new exhibition curated by the Figge Art Museum, Davenport.

“Lesley Dill, Wilderness: Light Sizzles Around Me” features a collection of hand-painted and sewn textile sculptures and banners created by Dill over the past six years, a news release says. Her work interweaves imagery, text, and historical visionaries into stunning three-dimensional encounters.

Gracefully suspended from the ceiling, the clothing of each figure is delicately embellished with words and symbols drawn from their writings and experiences. Hand-painted banners hang on every wall of the gallery with further texts and imagery elaborating on their incredible stories.

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