John Deere Art Collection lands Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø artist¡¯s ¡°Landrise¡±
The art collection at the Deere & Company World Headquarters includes works by artists from around the globe. Located in neighboring Moline, Illinois, the headquarters features fewer works by local artists. Å·ÖÞ±ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø art professor Rowen Schussheim-Anderson¡¯s ¡°Landrise¡± is one of the newest works in the John Deere Art Collection.
While former CEO William Hewitt purchased many important tapestries for the collection in the 1960s-70s, Schussheim-Anderson¡¯s piece arrived by a different route: She was commissioned by the Quad Cities Cultural Trust to create the piece as a gift to Deere & Company, thanking the company for their support of local arts organizations.
Nathan Augustine, art collections manager for Deere & Company, called Schussheim-Anderson¡¯s work a particularly good fit.
¡°I was inspired by some of her tapestries that include what she calls ¡®windows.¡¯ I had the idea of using this to depict a bird¡¯s eye view landscape with wild uncultivated land surrounding a ¡®window¡¯ of tamed farmland like you would see flying over Iowa or any other Midwestern state.¡±
Schussheim-Anderson used linen, wool, rayon, sisal and cotton to create the piece. She said she also used corn husks ¡°in recognition of John Deere¡¯s Midwestern routes,¡± adding that ¡°yarns from different parts of the world, including Latin America and Asia, were integrated to represent John Deere¡¯s worldwide presence.¡±
For her layered landscape window design, Schussehim-Anderson looked at aerial photos, especially of the Quad-Cities area.
¡°It seemed fitting to incorporate a sense of landscape¡ªof planted fields and rolling prairies¡ªfor a work commissioned for the world headquarters that links equipment and people to the land.¡±
¡°Landrise¡± is displayed on the main floor of the Deere & Company World Headquarters in Moline. To see this piece and any of the other works in the John Deere Art Collection, contact Nathan Augustine at Deere & Company.