…appreciate. The gallery text relates this work to the quilts of Gee’s Bend. It’s a flimsy comparison.They do not resemble each other in color, composition, technique, gender, context or lineage….
Read More…the museum — conservators, marketing — basically trying to create a different culture in terms of collaboration.” Gees Bend Quilters collaborate with Target Yes, it’s true. See the product line…
Read More…of the original Gees Bend Quilters. Puzzle published by Paulson Fontaine Press in Berkeley, California Puzzling out the Quilts of Gees Bend Our good friend, Betty Leacraft says: “You’ll want…
Read More…her paintbrushes. Eccentric sculptures either operate figuratively or melt like candle wax drippings. The library offers a glimpse into Robinson’s influences; books on Jacob Lawrence, the Gees Bend quilters, Lois…
Read More…permission Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrates opening of the traveling Souls Grown Deep exhibition with panel discussion featuring Gees Bend quilters Essie Pettway and Mary Lee Bendolph and others. Gees…
Read More…pieces in its collection from more than 180 artists, including some well known names like Lonnie Holley, Purvis Young and the Gees Bend quilters and many more who are deserving…
Read More…were happy to be represented by mainstream art galleries as long ago as the 1930s. But the majority of outsider artists – the quilters of Gees Bend being notable exceptions…
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