{"id":985,"date":"2012-07-24T09:10:42","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T14:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/arts\/?p=985"},"modified":"2021-08-02T14:02:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T19:02:43","slug":"everyday-abstraction-at-the-frist-the-quilts-of-gees-bend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/arts\/everyday-abstraction-at-the-frist-the-quilts-of-gees-bend\/","title":{"rendered":"Everyday Abstraction at the Frist: The Quilts of Gee’s Bend"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a compliment to our week of work by artists concerned with transforming everyday materials into abstract works of art, here are some of the beautiful quilts from Gee’s Bend, a selection of which is currently on view at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts<\/a> in the exhibition Creation Story: Gee’s Bend Quilts and the Art of Thornton Dial.<\/a>   T<\/em>he New York Times has described these world-famous quilts as  \u201csome of the most miraculous works of modern art America has produced.\u201d  The show is on view until September 3, 2012.<\/p>\n

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Annie Mae Young, Work-clothes quilt with center medallion of strips, 1976; denim, corduroy, synthetic blend; 108 by 76.5 inches.<\/p>\n

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Mary Lee Bendolph. “Housetop” Variation, 1998 (quilted by Essie Bendolph Pettway in 2000). Cotton corduroy, twill, polyester; 72 x 76 in. Collection of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation.<\/p>\n

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Jessie T. Pettway, Bars and string-pieced columns, 1950s;
\ncotton; 95 by 76 inches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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