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Weekly Update – Outsider art at the PMA, Gees Bend quilts and James Castle

This week’s Weekly (online only) has my piece on the Gees Bend quilts and a preview of James Castle, both at the PMA (Castle opens Oct. 14. Below’s the copy with pictures. Two Gees Bend quilters sit in front of their quilts at the PMA’s press preview. Self-taught artists take over prime real estate at the Philadelphia Museum of Art this month. The Gee’s Bend quilters and the mute artist James Castle broke all kinds of art rules to make their powerful work. Amazing things happen when you don’t even know the rules exist. Sarah Benning in front of one ... More » »

Around and About: Gee’s Bend Quilters, Cecelia Condit and Kurt Schwitters

Ruth Kennedy Blocks and Stripes (2003) corduroy, 86 x 75in, the Tinwood Alliance The Evolution of Quilting and/in MuseumsGee’s Bend is a small and isolated African American community in Alabama most of whose population is descended from slaves who worked the local plantation.T he women of Gee’s Bend developed a repertory of quilting designs that may reflect the tradition of African textiles but has evolved into a recognizable local style; quilts from Gee’s Bend burst into the museum world in 2002 when the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFA Houston) organized an exhibition of their work that toured twelve museums ... More » »