Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Bend quilts, and beyond / essays by Joanne Cubbs, Matt Arnett, and Dana Friis-Hansen ; edited by Paul Arnett and Eugene W. Metcalf Jr

Object Details

Author: Cubbs, Joanne; Arnett, Matt; Friis-Hansen, Dana 1961-; Arnett, Paul; Metcalf, E. W; Austin Museum of Art; Tinwood Alliance
Subject: Bendolph, Mary Lee 1935-; Tinwood Alliance

"This catalogue has been published on the occasion of the exhibition Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee's Ben Quilts, and Beyond, on view at the Austin Museum of Art-Downtown, August 19-November 5, 2006"--Title page verso.; "The artworks illustrated in this book are from the collection of the Tinwood Alliance, Atlanta"--Title page verso.; NMAF copy 39088019777788 gift from the collection of Lonnie G. Bunch III.; NMAF copy 39088020225827 gift of Connie K. Calloway.
Contents: The life and art of Mary Lee Bendolph / Joanne Cubbs -- Wrapped in the blanket of time / Matt Arnett -- Beyond Gee's Bend : the future of art / Dana Friis-Hansen
Summary: The exhibition focuses on the quilts of Mary Lee Bendolph, and includes quilts by her mother Aolar Mosely, daughter Essie Bendolph Pettway, and daughter-in-law Louisiana P. Bendolph, found-object sculpture and assemblage by Thornton Dial and Lonnie Holley, and intaglio prints by Mary Lee and Louisiana Bendolph.

2006

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Topic: African American quiltmakers; African American quilts; Quilts; African American women; African American artists