Gee's Bend
dal 12/4/2008 al 5/7/2008
Segnalato da
12/4/2008
Gee's Bend
Denver Art Museum, Denver
The Architecture of the Quilt. For generations, African American women in an isolated farming community at a bend in the Alabama River made quilts from old work clothes, recycled fabrics, or scraps used by the Freedom Quilting Bee cooperative. The exhibition tells the moving human stories behind these works.
For generations, African American women in an isolated farming community at a bend in the Alabama River made quilts from old work clothes, recycled fabrics, or scraps used by the Freedom Quilting Bee cooperative. Boldly combining color, form, and texture in unexpected ways, these quiltmakers integrated everyday materials like corduroy and denim to create utilitarian quilts that are now heralded as significant contemporary artworks.
Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt tells the moving human stories behind these quilts—stories about the intertwined roles of community and family, environmental inspirations, and the artistic process. Gee's Bend will be on view through July 6, 2008.
Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and Tinwood Alliance, Atlanta. Support for this exhibition is provided by the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.
Opens April 13, 2008
Denver Art Museum
100 W 14th Ave Parkway - Denver