Since the 19th century, the women of Gee’s Bend in southern Alabama have created stunning, vibrant quilts. Beautifully illustrated with 350 color illustrations, 30 black-and-white illustrations, and charts, Gee’s Bend to Rehoboth is being·released in conjunction with a national exhibition tour including The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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I have seen the exhibition of the Gee's Bend quilts at the Whitney museum three times. The quilts of Gee's Bend are simple, graphic, and stunning. Although I own the smaller of the Gee's Bend quilt books and the video about the quiltmakers, I find that I want to know and see much more. I have thumbed through this book at the museum and am delighted that it is full of lush photographs of so many more quilts. At the top of my holiday list of things I must have, is this, the larger of the Gee's Bend quilt books.
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more than a coffee table book,
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The Quilts of Gee;s Bend is much more than a beautiful coffee table book. It is that, too, of course. The book is filled with social history of this small place near Selma, Alabama. I've been lucky enough to visit Gee's Bend and see the quilt-making process. The Whitney Museum exhibit must have been wonderful. Sunday Morning on CBS did a story on the exhibit. The quilters traveled to New York for the opening and entertained the guests with their singing. That's what Gee's Bend is like: A rich yet poor stop on the road where women made the best of what they had and turned out great art in the process.
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The Quilt's of Gee's Bend exhibit was at the Corcoran in Washington DC earlier this year. I went 3 times with different people. Enjoyed each visit like it was the first! I saw the book then, but I am buying it now. It is informative and inspirational (my mother and I are working on our first quilt together and have others planned). The book has so many examples of the fine workmanship and talent and beauty that grew out of their necessity. Get this book! If you're luck enough to go to the exhibit - do it! - at least once!
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Gee's Bend: The Woman and Their Quilts presents the genius of a group of exceptional women who, for well over a century, have created distinctive works of art for their homes and families. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
corduroy quilts, medallion variation, variation local name, surviving quilts, talented quiltmakers, preprinted fabrics, quiltmaking tradition, other quiltmakers, nylon knit, many quiltmakers, center medallion, farmed cotton, piecing quilts, quilting bee, strip quilt, fertilizer sacks, polyester knit, dress tails, vernacular art, first quilt, making quilts, multiple borders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gee's Bend, African American, William Arnett, Mary Lee, Freedom Quilting Bee, Wilcox County, Farm Security Administration, New York, Van de Graaff, Delia Bennett, Nine Patch, Arlonzia Pettway, Arthur Rothstein, Martha Jane, Annie Mae Young, Brown's Quarters, Courthouse Steps, Tinnie Dell, Ella Mae, Marion Post Wolcott, Annie Bell, Lucy Mingo, White's Quarters, John Henry, Mary Elizabeth New!
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Gee's Bend: The Woman and Their Quilts presents the genius of a group of exceptional women who, for well over a century, have created distinctive works of art for their homes and families. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
corduroy quilts, medallion variation, variation local name, surviving quilts, talented quiltmakers, preprinted fabrics, quiltmaking tradition, other quiltmakers, nylon knit, many quiltmakers, center medallion, farmed cotton, piecing quilts, quilting bee, strip quilt, fertilizer sacks, polyester knit, dress tails, vernacular art, first quilt, making quilts, multiple borders Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gee's Bend, African American, William Arnett, Mary Lee, Freedom Quilting Bee, Wilcox County, Farm Security Administration, New York, Van de Graaff, Delia Bennett, Nine Patch, Arlonzia Pettway, Arthur Rothstein, Martha Jane, Annie Mae Young, Brown's Quarters, Courthouse Steps, Tinnie Dell, Ella Mae, Marion Post Wolcott, Annie Bell, Lucy Mingo, White's Quarters, John Henry, Mary Elizabeth New!
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- The Freedom Quilting Bee: Folk Art and the Civil Rights Movement (Alabama Fire Ant) by Nancy Callahan on 4 pages
- Black Folk Art in America, 1930-80 on 4 pages
- A Communion of the Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories by Roland L. Freeman on page 10, page 11, and Back Matter
- Signs and Symbols: African Images in African American Quilts (2nd Edition) by Maude Southwell Wahlman in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions) by W. E. B. Du Bois on page 14, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- The Quilts of Gee's Bend: Masterpieces from a Lost Place by William Arnett on 16 pages
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