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Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt |
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Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt is a book and exhibition that are part of an ongoing series of research projects about the African American community of Gee's Bend, Alabama and its quilts. This book offers a deeper look into the women and their art, and a more focused investigation into the nature, inspirations, and the future of the Gee's Bend Quilt tradition.
Featuring essays by scholars and the artist themselves, this book considers the ways that materials influence the creative process and have played a central role in the evolution of the quilts. Also included is the story of slave Dinah Miller, the matriarch who passed the tradition of quiltmaking to five generations.
Throughout, the underlying theme remains the "architecture of the quilt," the ways Gee's Bend quilts are conceived and built, and how they ultimately become structures that organize identity and affirm human relationships.
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